ParaMetric

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers need to know a patient’s core body temperature (CBT) in order to track and address the development of hypothermia and hyperthermia. When left unaddressed, hypothermia and hyperthermia can lead to severe health complications which begin to arise before a patient is able to receive definitive care. However, current methods of measuring CBT prehospitally are ineffective because they are inaccurate, invasive, or disruptive to EMS workflows. Thus, designing an effective and easily integrated solution to monitor core body temperatures will improve patient outcomes by helping prevent such complications and decreasing average hospital stay. To address this problem, we developed a small, fast, non-invasive, and easy-to-use sensor which is placed directly on a patient’s skin and establishes a zone of zero heat flux to allow for accurate CBT monitoring without requiring access to the patient’s core body region.

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