Blood and fluid warming technology is essential in various emergency and surgical clinical settings to prevent hypothermia and improve patient outcomes and comfort.
Clinical uses include:
- High-Volume Transfusions. During significant blood loss, such as in trauma or major surgery, rapid transfusion of large volumes of blood can lead to hypothermia. Blood warmers help maintain the patient's core temperature.
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass. During heart surgeries, blood warmers rewarm patients as they come off bypass.
- Neonatal and Paediatric Care. In newborns and children, maintaining body temperature during transfusions is critical due to their higher risk of hypothermia.
- Emergency and Trauma Care. In emergency settings, infusion of warm fluids can be lifesaving, preventing the adverse effects of cold fluid administration.
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange. Blood warmers are used during plasma exchange procedures to increase the temperature of the blood products.
These are the essential areas of function and performance for blood and fluid warming devices.
- Portability and lightweight are crucial to emergency response teams.
- Quick Heating capability is necessary to rapidly warm fluids to ensure effectiveness in trauma cases where time is critical.
- Precise Temperature Control ensures that fluids are controlled within the desired temperature without overheating.
- Safety alarms and automatic shut-off mechanisms prevent overheating and ensure patient safety.
QinFlow blood and fluid warmers
QinFlow Warrior and Warrior Lite products are highly regarded for their blood and fluid warming technology. They are noted for their rapid warming capabilities, portability, and safety features.
- Performance: The Warrior systems warm fluids and blood rapidly, even at high flow rates. They can warm fluids to body temperature within seconds.
- The Warrior and Warrior Lite are portable and lightweight, making them ideal for use in pre-hospital, emergency and internal hospital transport settings.
- Dry warming technology and an aluminium-free fluid path enhance safety and reduce contamination risk.
- They suit a wide range of clinical settings, from field use to in-hospital and emergency care.
- The systems are designed for simplicity with functionality that requires minimal setup.
The QinFlow range
QinFlow has an extensive range of fluid warming options, each suited to particular clinical applications.
Warrior Lite
Warrior Lite is designed for first responders, rescue, and critical care transport teams. Its lightweight and compact design delivers uncompromising performance with a significantly lower cost of ownership.
- Warms cold-stored blood or blood components up to 180 ml/minute.
- Warms up to 3 litres of cold-stored blood or blood components with a single charge.
- Will perform effectively with rapid intermittent bolus flows.
- 50-70% more economical on a per-use basis.
Warrior Lite AC
In emergencies, simplicity is critical. The Warrior Lite AC provides fuss-free operation and performance that is second only to the Warrior AC.
- Fail-safe assembly and simplicity so anyone can be trained to operate the device.
- Immediate warming – less than 30 seconds setup is possible.
- Keep Vein Open (KVO) up to 180 ml/minute for 4⁰C cold-stored blood or fluids.
- Superb pressure handling, with pressure-friendly consumables that prevent leakages.
Warrior Lite Hybrid
The Warrior Lite Hybrid enables emergency and trauma teams to operate with AC power or battery. It allows continuous resuscitation efforts using warm blood or fluids during sensitive intra and inter-facility transports.
Warrior and Warrior EXTREME
Warrior is an ideal blood or fluid-warming solution for longer-duration hospital transports, inter-facility transports, and hospital emergency departments. Its high performance is a significant advantage in environments where rapid bolus flows are applied intermittently by push-pull or hand pump resuscitation methods.
The Warrior EXTREME is the defence-specific version of the Warrior Base Unit. Both devices' performance is identical, differentiated by their certification ratings. The Warrior EXTREME complies with MIL-STD 461G RE102 and RS103 and is certified for a higher Ingress Protection (IP) rating (IP56 vs. IP33).
- Warm cold-stored blood or blood components up to 200ml/minute vs. only 100-150ml/minute offered by competitive options.
- Warm up to 3.5 litres of cold-stored blood or blood components with a single charge.
- Designed to handle rapid intermittent bolus flows.
- 50-70% more economical on a per-use basis.
Warrior AC
Warrior AC is a high-performance, easy-to-use blood and IV fluid warmer for surgical theatres and intensive care units.
If portability is required, the Warrior AC can be easily upgraded by adding a battery.
- Fail-safe assembly - anyone can be trained to operate the device.
- Setup is possible in less than 30 seconds.
- High performance - Keep Vein Open (KVO) and up to 290 ml/minute for cold-stored (4⁰C) blood or blood components.
- Superb pressure handling to prevent leakages.
- Excellent intermittent bolus flow handling suitable for push-pull and hand pump resuscitation methods.
- When configured for Hybrid AC and Battery operation, a seamless transition between each mode is provided.
NEW Warrior AC Station
The Warrior AC Station is also designed for surgical suites and intensive care units. Its AC power-only configuration makes it 30% more compact than the Warrior AC.
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