Snoqualmie company's technology a critical tool in coronavirus fight
A Snoqualmie company’s technology that played an important part of NASA's moon landing is now helping doctors and nurses care for patients infected with coronavirus.
“We are providing the tools that will help them fight the battle on the front lines,” said Shalabh Chandra, president of Spacelabs Healthcare, which makes equipment that monitors patients’ vital signs remotely.
Spacelabs Healthcare started during NASA's Apollo and Gemini space programs. Their equipment allowed teams on earth to monitor astronauts’ vital signs in space and on the surface of the moon.
Today the company manufactures monitors which are used in hospitals around the world. A single nurse can track dozens of patients’ vital signs using a terminal linked to sensors in hospital rooms.
“It has become a significant necessity now,” Chandra said.
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