Advancements in Technology at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center continually adopts new technological advancements to enhance patient safety and satisfaction. Within the last few months, the hospital acquired two innovative systems that are designed to help treat diagnostic imaging and cardiac arrest patients in a more efficient manner.

 

One of the most recent developments is the MAGNETOM® Aera 1.5T Open Bore MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. This machine was designed for optimal patient comfort and to help those who experience anxiety during an MRI exam feel more relaxed and at ease. The addition of the Open Bore MRI system to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s radiology suite can expand access to diagnostic imaging that supports a complete range of clinical applications, including neurology, orthopedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging and oncology.

 

The MAGNETOM® Aera 1.5T Open Bore MRI system is designed to offer many benefits, including superb image quality to satisfy a wide range of medical needs and help physicians make quicker, more accurate diagnoses. It also boasts a large 70 cm open bore – the tube-like structure of an MRI machine, where the patient lies during the imaging process – and can provide access for obese patients up to 550 lbs. Additionally, the system’s ultra-short bore (145 cm) may alleviate concerns of claustrophobia since many exams can be performed with the patient’s head outside of the bore.

 

The second technological advancement at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is the Physio-Control LUCAS® 2 chest compression system, an external mechanical device that provides automated chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The new technology is intended to be used while treating adult patients in cardiac arrest. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is the only hospital-based emergency department in Palm Beach County to utilize this equipment.
 

Designed to provide effective, consistent and uninterrupted compressions, the LUCAS 2 performs at least 100 compressions per minute at a depth of at least two inches. The system helps reduce hands-off intervals in treating patients, maintains high quality, mechanical and external compressions, and allows for simultaneous manual defibrillation.

 

The hands-free LUCAS system is designed to increase operational efficiency so that Palm Beach Gardens’ medical staff can focus on other aspects of care, and potentially improve overall outcomes for cardiac arrest patients.