AIRESS

Abstract

TBIOM is a Catalan start-up that offers high-tech medical devices. The company had already developed a successful device which is called Airmony and helps people with sleeping apnea. Now based on the technology of that device they are willing to enter new markets and one of them is the first aid market, with a device that helps paramedics and common people with the CPR maneuver. So TBIOM has decided to develop a new product called AIRESS, which intends to save the lives of people who are suffering cardiorespiratory arrest or cardiac arrest. The main problem in this industry is that 90% of cardiac arrests that occur outside the hospital end in loss of life due to lack of training and First Aid Equipment. In Spain, ambulances can take about 10 minutes to arrive at the emergency site, while in the villages it takes much longer, and the survival ratio is 10%. The CPR maneuver consists of two parts, chest compressions, and ventilation, this process can be exhausting, emergency personnel and doctors can be forced to perform CPR for at least 35 minutes in patients suffering from cardiac arrest outside the hospital. In addition, it must also be considered that people during CPR may be uncomfortable doing mouth-to-mouth breathing ventilation. The solution to this problem is to decrease the percentage of death from cardiac arrest with equipment easy to use, transportable, and hygienic. The product gives the necessary ventilation and will help the person who is doing the CPR to give the compressions at an adequate rate. There is not a product like AIRESS in the market and other products related to the CPR maneuver are too expensive and complicated to use.