Smiths Medical has contributed over £4 million towards medical
research at UCL and GOSH in the last decade and this unique
collaboration has resulted in a series of innovative and adventurous
research projects:
* Scientists resurrect forgotten Everest research to develop breakthrough medical device
This
year the partnership between Smiths Medical and UCL resulted in the
development of a breakthrough clinical device that could transform the
lives of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
across the world. COPD will be the third leading cause of death
worldwide by 2030, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The
new technology is based on an oxygen device invented over 50 years ago
by the British rocket scientist Tom Bourdillon for the 1953 Hillary and
Tenzing Everest expedition.
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* Groundbreaking Everest study breathes hopes into the lives of sick children
Children
with breathing disorders such as cystic fibrosis could soon be
monitored at home instead of in hospital thanks to a group of
adventurous young children who took part in the Smiths Medical Young
Everest Study (SMYES).
http://www.smiths.com/press_release_details.aspx?releaseID=319
* Smiths Medical High Altitude Laboratory on Mount Everest
The
Smiths Medical High Altitude Laboratory at Namche Bazaar, Nepal at
3,400 metres (11,154 ft) was one of four main laboratories for Caudwell
Xtreme Everest, the largest human biology study ever performed at high
altitude: over 200 volunteers were studied by around 60 doctors and
scientists as they climbed progressively higher to Everest base camp.
http://www.smiths.com/press_release_details.aspx?releaseID=214
* Smiths Medical Young Everest Study
Nine
healthy British children, aged 6 to 13, travelled to Mount Everest to
take part in a ground-breaking medical study that aimed to develop new
treatments for critically ill children and those with both breathing and
sleep problems. The Smiths Medical Young Everest Study (SMYES)
investigated how the children coped with low oxygen levels on the
world's highest mountain.
http://www.smiths.com/press_release_details.aspx?releaseID=209
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Smiths Medical Young Everest Study (SMYES)
SMYES
is a research project coordinated by Great Ormond Street Hospital for
Children (GOSH) and University College London's Institute of Child
Health (ICH). It is supported by Smiths Medical, part of the global
technology business Smiths Group and a specialist in respiratory care.
Doctors do not yet fully understand children's responses to low oxygen
levels, which are common in very sick children and can be fatal. SMYES
aims to develop new treatments for critically ill children and those
with breathing and sleep problems by investigating how healthy children,
aged 6 to 13, cope with low oxygen levels on the world's tallest
mountain.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH) is a national
centre of excellence in the provision of specialist children's health
care, currently delivering the widest range of specialist care of any
children's hospital in the UK. It works in partnership with the UCL
Institute of Child Health (ICH), part of University College London, and
together they form the largest paediatric research and teaching
centre outside the Americas. It was recently designated the only Biomedical Specialist Academic Centre for paediatrics.
UCL Institute of Child Health
In
partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital and as part of University
College London, the ICH is the leading British academic research
institution for child health. It was established in 1945 and currently
has 472 staff. It supports 46 professorships and currently 110 Mphil/PhD
students and 22 Doctors of Medicine/Master of Surgery students are
studying at the ICH.
Caudwell Xtreme Everest (CXE)
Caudwell
Xtreme Everest is a research project coordinated by the UCL Centre for
Altitude, Space and Extreme (CASE) environment medicine - doctors and
scientists studying human systems stretched to breaking point in extreme
environments to increase our understanding of critically ill patients.
The goal was to place a research team on the summit of Mount Everest in
2007 and make the first ever measurement of the level of oxygen in human
blood at this altitude. This was the centrepiece of an extensive
programme of research into hypoxia (low oxygen levels) and human
performance at extreme altitude aimed at improving the care of the
critically ill and other patients where hypoxia is a fundamental
problem. The Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition was sponsored by John
Caudwell, a businessman and founder of The Caudwell Charity. Scientific
studies in the run-up to the expedition have been supported by a
research grant from medical gases specialist BOC Medical. <%$Linker:
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