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20/03/2022

A cover version of the Clash's London Calling to draw the world's attention to the struggle of the Ukrainian people and raise money for the Free Ukrainian Re...

04/03/2020

We hear about all the fantastic work being done by our customers on a daily basis, but it's not often we see it in the national media, and see how our products are being used to improve peoples lives.

We have been working with Medway NHS Foundation Trust Prehabilitation Unit since 2016 when we supplied them with a CPET system to assess how fit their patients were before major surgery and make an informed decision on the patients care.

Then in 2018 they added the Optibike training ergometer which allows them to prescribe the patient with an exercise programme specifically tailored to their fitness levels and targets. By improving their fitness before surgery they are giving themselves a better quality of life after.

This pathway provides the healthcare professionals with a more complete image of the patient and therefore more tools to plan their surgical journey, and gives the patient clear goals and motivation to improve their fitness and lose weight ahead of what could be lifesaving surgery.

If you want to know more about our range of prehab and CPET systems comment below
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04/11/2019

There were more than 1.7million admissions of patients with type 2 diabetes last year, costing the NHS an estimated £22million a day!

Even more concerning was the fact that 940 of those admissions involved children and teenagers aged 19 and under including 45 admissions for children aged nine or under!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7645525/Hospitals-deluged-5-000-diabetics-DAY-One-10-admissions-diabetes.html

The scale of the growing crisis was laid bare last night as it was revealed hospitals are being deluged with 5,000 type 2 diabetes patients every day.

31/10/2019

Is Spirometry performed outside of the Respiratory lab being performed correctly?

Spirometry is the most commonly performed test of pulmonary function and it plays a central role in the diagnosis and surveillance of respiratory disease.

However it is often performed outside of the respiratory lab by staff who aren't always properly trained. We wanted to highlight some of the most common mistakes you should look out for.

https://www.lovemedical.com/insights/5-common-mistakes-when-performing-spirometry/

Let us know your thoughts and if we have missed any ⬇️⬇️⬇️

30/10/2019

The state of society today, everyone wants a quick fix instead of making small changes that will have a positive effect on there health and wellbeing.

There is so many exciting projects and research going on around the UK and the world, comment below your thoughts and lets work together to help change the way people think ⬇️⬇️⬇️

28/10/2019

Is there any excuse for not calibrating your CPET System before every test?

It used to be the case that systems required long warm up times before the system was able to be used, and calibration tests took so much time that it was acceptable to calibrate a couple of times a day. It also used to be acceptable that dial up internet took half an hour to connect, not any more!

Since the introduction of fast gas analysers the need for long warm up times and time consuming calibrations is no longer the case, in fact it took us longer to boil a kettle and make a brew than it did to calibrate our system, and that was leaving the teabag in for 90 seconds, not the average 4 minutes recommended by Yorkshire Tea!

With the improvement in accuracy and tolerance levels of the analysers, even slight ambient changes can affect results so the need to perform both a flow and gas calibration before every test is imperative!

How often do you calibrate your system?

p.s. apologies if anyone is offended by the brewing time, as a northerner I am fully aware of how much of a sensitive subject this is!

24/10/2019

Great news for some of the estimated 10,000 Cystic Fibrosis patients in the UK!

A ground-breaking drug should be available within 30 days, after the NHS and the manufacturer reach a deal.

17/10/2019

New and updated exercise guidelines for people living with cancer 🏃‍♂️

The American College of Sports Medicine confirming that exercise is a safe and helpful way for people living with cancer to lessen the impact of treatment on their mental and physical health!

What do you think of the new guidelines?

https://bit.ly/2P1vU0p

16/10/2019

What is Spirometry?

With recent news of the NHS long term plan to help improve respiratory services here in the UK, we have created a basic introduction to Spirometry,

Please share with your colleagues and let us know what you think!

https://www.lovemedical.com/insights/what-is-spirometry/

10/10/2019

✅Thoracic Gas Volume
✅Airways resistance & conductance
✅Advanced signal processing compensates for drift
instantly
✅Compliant with the latest ATS/ERS guidelines including
indicators
✅Complete networking solutions

The Bodystik represents Love Medicals gold standard PFT system allowing the measurement of respiratory resistance, lung volumes including residual volume as well as full spirometry and inspiratory expiratory pressure measurements.

Drop me a message if you want to find out more or head to:

https://www.lovemedical.com/product/bodystik-plethysmography-system/

The Bodystik™ whole body plethysmograph or Body Box, with optional CO-Diffusion combines Spirometry with precise single breath diffusing capacity, rapid analysis of airways resistance and lung volumes. The advanced design of the cabin features a revolutionary swing out seat for excellent patient a...

09/10/2019

Mistakes made during cardiopulmonary exercise testing can seriously effect the reporters ability to interpret the data.

We have highlighted the most common mistakes we see when performing CPET tests.

https://lnkd.in/gmmVhzD

Let us know what you think in the comments

08/10/2019

"The biggest benefit was that I felt fit enough to get back to work after about six weeks. It can often take six months and more to recover from major surgery.”

Fantastic work being done by one of our customers Medway Prehab at Medway Maritime Hospital!

https://t.co/tth4LSU2d1

Medway’s new prehabilitation service aims to get patients to their optimal health before their operation, helping them cope with the challenges of surgery as well as recover faster.