Emergency Department (ED)
We’ve supported emergency department teams for nearly a century with products that are known for reliability and accuracy. See how our solutions put the tools your clinical staff needs right where they are needed.
Essentials for the Fast-Paced ED
Stretchers? Mobile communications? Ready-to-use fluids and medications? We’ve got those and more, with an unmatched portfolio of products that are prepped and ready to support your team in the ED and beyond.
Connecting the ED to the Patient Journey
Given patient volume challenges, deploying integrated technology in the ED can help enhance the clinician and patient experience and automate processes that are repeated hundreds of times each day.
Designed for the Toughest
Meet our latest innovation: the Dynamo Series stretcher, designed to work as hard as the people who depend on it.
Care Team Experience
From low effort steering to intuitive controls, Dynamo was designed to help move patients smoothly through demanding shifts.
Smart Fall Prevention
Smart safety features like visual indicators and three-mode bed-exit system, help identify risk and address patient falls.
Patient Comfort
Features like a 32-inch-wide care surface bring bed-like comfort to every care setting.
Vital Signs Workflows, Optimized
From triage to the trauma room, capturing, documenting and monitoring vital signs is a key piece of the ED workflow. Our Welch Allyn solutions keep tools right where they are needed, and some feature advanced capabilities to automatically record vital signs in your hospital EHR system in near real-time.
Elevate Physical Exams in the ED
Assess your patients quickly and efficiently with our full lineup of physical exam tools that support your diagnostic process.
Diagnostic Cardiology
Our portable, easy-to-use ECG devices with wireless modules are designed for high-volume environments. With many connectivity options, our ECG devices can connect to our Cardio Server or other ECG management systems and your EHR, reducing manual documentation by sending exam results right to your system of choice.
Prepped and Ready
In the ED, you don’t have a minute to waste. We offer medications in ready-to-use IV formulations, which may help increase hospital efficiency and support patient safety protocols.1,2
Ready for Safety
Barcoded for bedside scanning can help ensure the patients gets the right medication.1
Ready for Efficiency
Improved workflow by allowing on-demand availability of medication, which may help reduce the steps required to prepare medication for administration.
Ready for Patient Care
Designed for ready use, helping to reduce the risk of preventable medication errors in patients associated with compounding,1,2 while allowing certain formulations to be stored in automated dispensing cabinets closer to the patient.
Non-Invasive and Individualized
Delivering fully non-invasive and flexible technology, the Starling system meets the dynamic and real-time needs of fluid monitoring in the ED and beyond.
- 100% non-invasive: Our patented Bioreactance technology requires only four easy-to-place sensor pads to calculate stroke volume.
- Supporting sepsis management: Guided fluid resuscitation with Starling can help manage septic and shock patients and support SEP-1 bundle compliance.3,4
- Emergency response to hypotension: the Starling system provides the insight needed to potentially stabilize a patient within about one minute in EDs where treatment decisions cannot wait for a patient history or clinician.
Is your organization ready for handsfree communication?
Effective communication is crucial for supporting safe patient care in all areas of healthcare. If you are considering hands-free communication, we have a few suggestions to help get your pilot started. Read on for tips on implementing this technology in high-activity, high-risk areas like the Emergency Department.
Experience This Care Setting Live
See how our Emergency Department solutions come together to support patient safety. Visit one of our U.S. Customer Experience Centers in Raleigh, North Carolina, Batesville, Indiana or Irvine, California for hands-on demonstrations, personalized consultations, continuing education and more.
U.S. Product Catalog
Looking for detailed information on products Baxter offers in the United States? Find what you need on our digital catalog, including configurations, parts and accessories, how to place an order and more.
References
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices. ISMP Guidelines for Sterile Compounding and the Safe Use of Sterile Compounding Technology; 2022. https://www.ismp.org/resources/guidelines-sterile-compounding-and-safe-use-sterile-compounding-technology. Updated May 4, 2022. Accessed March 13, 2024.
- Billstein-Leber M, Carrillo CJD, Cassano AT, Moline K, Robertson JJ. ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018 Oct;75(19):1493-1517. doi 10.2146/ajhp170811.
- Sahatjian J, et al. Incorporating routine passive leg raise (PLR) assessments improves SEP-1 performance and patient care. Chest. 2019;165:A1675-A1676.
- Sahatjian J, Jaquith R, Hansell D. Incorporating routine passive leg raise (PLR) assessments improves SEP-1 compliance and improves patient care. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021:203:A2729.
Disclaimers
Rx Only. For safe and proper use of product mentioned herein, please refer to the Instructions for Use or Operator Manual.
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