FreePulse

12/12/2017

Our founder, Reece Stevens was recently published in Texas Engineer. His article is called "Doing a World of Good." Thanks for the shout-out The University of Texas at Austin!

Doing a World of Good For one eye-opening month during college, biomedical engineering student Reece Stevens joined the staff of a remote hospital in Rwanda, where he saw nurses struggling to care for hundreds of patients with only a handful of patient monitors. From that point forward, Stevens beca...

05/31/2017

Thank you Engineering World Health for the shout out, your help with FreePulse, and all the work you do to improve healthcare around the globe!

Congratulations to all our EWH graduating seniors! We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished! We’re especially tickled by the achievements of EWH alumni Reece Stevens, who just received the 2017 Cockrell School of Engineering Outstanding Scholar/Leader Award at the University of Texas, Austin.

04/10/2017

Thanks for the shout out PC & Tech Authority !

“Our first preclinical trials were in Nepal this winter, and I am very pleased with the results,” said Stevens. “The goal is to be ready for a full clinical trial within the next two years, so there's a lot of product development going on now based on the data we got while in Nepal.”

https://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/457487,the-low-tech-inventions-saving-lives-in-the-developing-world.aspx

From paper microscopes to portable blood tests, medical researchers are pioneering affordable, durable solutions with limited resources

01/27/2017

If you're interested in hearing about the progress we made this winter in Nepal, check out the video below. It's a talk that our founder, Reece Stevens, gave at Engineering World Health's Concluding Conference to participants of their Winter Institute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT6DvG000Ro

Reece Stevens, founder of FreePulse, discusses results from the first round of free clinical trials with FreePulse in Nepal. This talk was given during Engin...

12/10/2016

These are the Best Of What's New

10/10/2016

Pictured here are dozens of unopened donation boxes at a hospital in Malawi. Most of the devices in the boxes are unusable because of a lack of consumables and incorrect plugs.

10/03/2016

Here are dozens of donated infusion pumps that are unusable simply because they have the wrong plug. Devices like FreePulse that are custom made for the needs of developing world hospitals won't end up in a pile.

09/30/2016

What's included in FreePulse 2.0? Since the monitor will be completed in a few weeks, here's a little "sneak peak" to see what's coming...

- 3-Lead ECG detection and analysis
- SpO2 detection and analysis
- Non-invasive blood pressure
- Heart rate detection and alarm capabilities

Stay tuned!

09/28/2016

NPR's Nahid Bhadelia sums it up with this article. We like the shout-out they gave to Engineering World Health in it as well.

"Offering a short training program can make an immense difference. A project run by Engineering World Health (EWH) in Rwanda, funded by the GE Foundation, showed that after trainings in hospitals, the number of out-of-service equipment fell by almost half."

http://n.pr/2cs0ID0

Around 80 percent of medical equipment in low-income countries is donated. And most of it doesn't work.

09/23/2016

If you are familiar with our mission and would like to help us in our goal, please visit our GoFundMe link below. Thank you!
https://www.gofundme.com/p97jcm4k

FreePulse: a cost-effective patient monitor for developing world hospitals Developing world hospitals face a staggering amount of challenges, but one of the most difficult is a lack of proper medical equipment: - Financial constraints prevent hospitals from purchasing most equipment - On aver...

09/21/2016

"I've had the privilege of being able to travel to hospitals throughout Rwanda and Nepal, and during my time there I witnessed medical device issues firsthand. A particularly common problem I observed was a lack of patient monitors; Kabgayi District Hospital in Muhanga, Rwanda, had 5 patient monitors for 440 beds, and Okhaldhunga Community Hospital in Okhaldhunga, Nepal, had only 1 patient monitor for 50 beds. A monitor is required for every surgery ward and most intensive care units, meaning that a shortage of monitors severely limits the hospital's patient treatment capacity and turnover rate." -Our founder, Reece Stevens

09/19/2016

Developing world hospitals face a staggering amount of challenges, but one of the most difficult is a lack of proper medical equipment:

- Financial constraints prevent hospitals from purchasing most equipment
- On average, donated equipment makes up 95% of a developing world hospital's inventory
- Of the equipment that is donated, 39% is broken upon arrival and 98% is nonfunctional after five years*

These problems are primarily due to the fact that the donated medical devices are not designed to operate in the demanding and often unpredictable environment of the developing world. As a result, millions of dollars in well-intended aid money and international relief efforts go to waste and gather dust in storage closets around the world. But this problem can be changed.

*This picture is of a broken CT scanner in a hospital in Malawi.