Radiographic images help medical staff diagnose illnesses and injuries; Determine if patients need to be transported to Kathmandu
Capital Enterprises, a Carestream distributor, transported and installed a CARESTREAM Vita Flex CR System that provides imaging services to 8,000 local residents as well as mountaineers, sherpas and others who support those who climb Mount Everest.
The Carestream Vita Flex CR system is used by medical staff to capture digital X-ray images of shoulders and extremities that have been broken or sprained; the head and neck area to diagnose sprains or concussions; as well as chest exams that may indicate a patient has pneumonia, altitude sickness, or evidence of a heart attack or other serious medical conditions.
“These imaging studies are essential to diagnosing diseases and injuries to climbers, sherpas and other workers at base camp. The images are available in minutes and physicians decide if a patient can be treated at the hospital or must be transported to Kathmandu by helicopter or airplane,” said Charlie Hicks, Carestream’s General Manager, Global X-ray Solutions.