Hotel Dieu has acquired a new machine, the only one of its kind in the New Orleans area, for measuring blood loss.
Called the "Volementron," the automatic electronic blood volume determination instrument provides physicans with vital information for accurate measurement of blood loss.
Considered a major breakthrough in the field of medical electronics, the machine has been accepted by leading hospitals throughout the world.
PREVIOUSLY physicians and surgeons have had to use slow cumbersome techniques to determine blood loss.
In the case of massive blood loss ^especially when complicated by heart disease, accurate blood volume measurement can mean the difference between life and death.
The "Volemetron" machine has taken the "calculated guess" out of evaluations of blood fluid and loss.
THE MACHINE applies a new method of injecting a measured amount of material such as human blood protein, tagged with a small amount of radio- into the
The amount of radioactivity used with the "Volementron" is comparable to the amount produced by a luminous watch ;'faceThe instrument is small, portable, and can be used on children, as well as adults. PHOTO: DR. ALFRED HEW, Hotel Dieu pathologist, checks the hospital's new automatic electronic hlood volume determination instrument, the "Volemetron."
