Three Pillars for Pediatric Resuscitation Success

by Peter Antevy | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog

All Blog ShareTweet By Peter Antevy, MD Data from the AHA and the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines consistently report neurologic intact survival from pediatric cardiac arrest to be 3% for infants and 10% for children.  This pediatric survival data...

Neophobia or Neophilia?

by Peter Antevy | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog

All Blog ShareTweet Are there things you do every day because it’s how you’ve always done them? Author Seth Godin beautifully illustrates this point in a podcast where he describes why some changes take decades to become widespread. He starts with a story dating back...

Pendleton Fire Department gets new app for child emergencies

by Briana Marconi | Aug 29, 2018 | Press Release

All Press ShareTweet Published By: East Oregonian August 29, 2018. Pendleton Fire Department Capt. Steve Brost unfurled the tape measure that’s supposed to help save a child’s life. If paramedics are responding to a medical emergency with a pediatric patient,...

In Good Hands: New Program Takes Stress Out of Pediatric Medication Dosing

by Odalys Jordan | Aug 10, 2018 | Press Release

All Press ShareTweet Published by: Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center eNewsletter. Summer 2018.   The pressure on medical professionals in a busy emergency room is all the more intense when the patient is a child and medications are...

Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Receives Generous Donation to Purchase the Handtevy Pediatric Emergency Systems for all of their 1st Out Fire Apparatus

by Briana Marconi | Jun 26, 2018 | Press Release

All Press ShareTweet Published By: Southern Manatee Fire Rescue June 26, 2018 On June 21, 2018 the Southern Manatee Fire Rescue Fire Commissioners recognized Mr. Michael Damato for his generous donation of $5000.00 which was used to outfit all first out fire apparatus...

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Kids in Arrest Should be Treated Like Adults in Arrest

by Peter Antevy | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog

All Blogs ShareTweet A 2-year-old boy has been pulled out of the pool limp and lifeless after a 6-minute submersion.  911 is called and EMS professionals are 7 minutes away.   They hear the tones go off at the station and are dispatched to a “2-year-old in cardiac...

Aid crews get a dose of digital medicine

by Odalys Jordan | Feb 24, 2018 | Press Release

All Press ShareTweet Published By: Caleb Hutton Saturday, February 24, 2018.  LOCAL NEWS MUKILTEO Capt. Dan Harbeck (left) and firefighter Eric Shaeffer of the Mukilteo Fire Department hold a new Handtevy kit which utilizes an iPad application to help calculate...

Gaston County EMS receives kits to save kids

by Briana Marconi | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized

All Press ShareTweet Published By: WCNC February 15, 2018. Gaston County EMS receives kits to save kids The Handtevy Pediatric Bags will help eliminate some of the unique challenges presented with pediatric patients. Gaston County paramedic Travis Adams said one of...

The Evolution of Excellence in Pediatric Emergency Care—Part 2: The Handtevy System—The Next Generation

by Briana Marconi | Feb 1, 2018 | Article, Press Release

All Press ShareTweet Published By: EMS WORLD February 01, 2018. Caring for sick kids—especially really, really sick kids—is stressful, and as our stress levels increase, so does our likelihood of error. Lack of regular practice with these types of emergencies can make...

Corey Ricketson Joins Handtevy as Executive Vice President

by allisonantevy | Sep 5, 2017 | Press Release

All Press ShareTweet FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pediatric Emergency Standards, Inc., a leading technology platform in pediatric emergency medical care, announced that Corey Ricketson has joined the company as Executive Vice...