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Did you know? Business is booming in the ICU in more ways than one. According to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, more than 5.7 million patients are admied to an ICU in the United States each year. It's estimated that 55,000 critically ill patients are cared for daily. Not surprisingly, the scope of technological and patient care support in the ICU has continued to evolve over the past 25 years as more and more procedures and interventions are being conducted in the room. At the same time, a heightened emphasis on family-centered care accompanied by ongoing patient/staff safety and infection control initiatives in the ICU have prompted the need to rethink workflow strategies and room configurations. In new construction or ICU renovation projects, planners are faced with a fundamental question: Where should power, medical gas, vacuum, monitoring and communications systems be located in the ICU – a fixed headwall or repositionable boom? For many hospital administrators, doctors and clinicians, the answer resides in a widely accepted checklist of basic ICU requirements: • Ensure the visibility of patient monitoring displays. • Provide unencumbered access to the patient's head and airway. • Expedite the movement of the patient's bed to accommodate additional equipment. • Facilitate the positioning of life support equipment near the patient. • Provide convenient access to gas and electrical outlets. • Create a comfortable environment for family members. Considering all of these prerequisites, there is an emerging consensus among planners that booms are best suited to provide maximum accessibility and flexibility while dramatically reducing the clinical and operational risks associated with headwall design. Booms have demonstrated the ability to reduce injuries among ICU nurses by limiting the need to bend and stretch while dealing with cords and tubes. By eliminating floor cluer, booms also significantly reduce the incidence of trips, falls and accidental disconnections. In addition, booms overcome the inherent shortcoming of headwall design that inhibits 360° access to the patient's head and airway where every second is critical during an emergency. Plus, booms exclude the need to drape lines on the bed that can lead to cross-contamination and unintended disconnects. Moreover, many institutions have discovered the workflow advantages of positioning a separate nursing boom (wet side) and respiratory boom (dry side) to further enhance productivity and patient care. We're the only one. Maquet Moduevo Ceiling Supply Units come standard with an industry-leading 10-year warranty. He didn't feel a thing. On October 16, 1846 William T. G. Morton made history by being first to publicly demonstrate the successful use of ether anesthesia during surgery at Massachuses General Hospital. We're the only one– part II. When it comes to verifying effective steam sterilization, Getinge's exclusive purple to green chemistry dramatically reduces the potential indication of a premature false pass. And speaking of pain. In 1806, Pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner isolated a new substance from opium which he later names "morphium" aer Morpheus, the god of dreams.