Pyng Technologies Corp.
News Release
May 20, 1999
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F.A.S.T 1 System to be featured at Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Pyng Technologies Corp. is pleased to announce that subsidiary Pyng Medical Corp. and the
F.A.S.T 1 System for Adult Intraosseous Infusion will be featured at the Annual Meeting for the
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine to be held in Boston Mass. May 21st 1999.
The presentation will feature the first fifty live uses of the F.A.S.T 1 System for Adult
Intraosseous Infusion. This study was conducted at several sites in America and Canada and is
collaboration between the following individuals.
Eric Grafstein, M.D. FRCPC, Emergency Department St. Paul’s Hospital,
Vancouver, B.C.
Jim Christenson, M.D.,FRCPC, Emergency Department, St. Paul’s Hospital.
Andrew Macnab, M.D. FRCPC, Children’s and Women’s Health Center of
British Columbia
Barb Boychuck, R.N., Emergency Department of St. Paul’s Hospital, British
Columbia
Bruce Horwood, M.D. Emergency Department, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix,
Arizona
Lanny Jones, NREMT-P, EMS Medflight, Richmond, Virginia.
Kelly Phillips, EMT-P, Bates County Hospital, Butler, Missouri.
Charles Pollack Jr., M.D., FACEP, Arizona Heart Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
Dave Robinson, M.D. Emergency Department, University of Maryland Medical Center.
Chris Rumball, M.D.,FRCPC, Emergency Department, Royal Columbian Hospital.
Tom Stair, M.D. University of Maryland Medical Center, V.A. Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
Brian Tiffany, M.D., PhD., Emergency Department, Maricopa and Arizona Heart
Hospital’s
Max Whelan, M.D., FACEP, Erways Ambulance Service, Elmira, New York.
David L. Johnson , PhD., Pyng Medical Corp.
Judy Findlay, Peng, MASc., Pyng Medical Corp.
The conclusions of the study include that the F.A.S.T 1 System for Adult Intraosseous
Infusion provides rapid, safe, and effective central line vascular access in medical
emergency situations. In North America alone other studies conclude that over 2,000,000
attempts at I.V. fail in a pre-hospital environment.
Additional results show flow rates for gravity drip at 80 ml/min, flow rates for pressurized input
was up to 225 ml/min.
Both unconscious and conscious patients can be treated with no / minimal pain utilizing a lidocaine
protocol.
In-patients with follow up, no complications or complaints reported at two months.
The success rate for experienced users (users with one previous use) was 95 percent. The overall
success rate was 84 percent inclusive of first time users.
The median times to achieve vascular access in both experienced and first time users were 60
seconds, providing a very rapid, safe, and effective method for gaining vascular access.
This study is the first to be presented to the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
(S.A.E.M.) and draws attention to the capabilities of the F.A.S.T 1 System in Emergency
Medicine. The S.A.E.M Annual meeting is the premier meeting for academic emergency
medicine and will draw a worldwide audience and excellent exposure for the F.A.S.T 1 System.
Pyng Medical Corp. continues to expand the use of the F.A.S.T 1 System
For further information contact Michael W. Jacobs, President at 1-800-349-7964 or visit our web
site at www.pyng.com
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