The Czech Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, the Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in the Pardubice Region Hospital and the University Hospital Hradec Králové organized a joint ENT conference on “Sleep Medicine, Bleeding After Tonsillectomy and Tonsilotomy” in Kraskov- Třemošnice from 18th to 19th May 2018. The event was organized by MD Jan Vodička Ph.D. and the senior consultant MD Karel Pokorný Ph.D. from the Pardubice Hospital.
About 80 doctors and nurses attended the conference. At the stand we have presented Smith & Nephew, Euroclinic and Jena Surgical products from our portfolio. Participation in this conference and an interest in our products should help us to develop the business further and also to expand our collaboration with the existing customers.
ENT Division
On Monday, June 6, 2018, the conference entitled “Five Hospitals One Team” was held at the House of Culture Dukla, Pardubice. The event was organized by the Hospital of the Pardubice Region, a.s. Participants in this event were nurses and doctors, leaders and managers of individual fields of Pardubice, Chrudim, Ústí nad Orlicí, Svitavy, Litomyšl.
The conference was organized by Mgr. Gabriela Medunová, MBA Nursing Care Manager at the Pardubice Hospital. The conference included lectures on various topics throughout different medical specialties. Healthcare professionals shared their experiences and achievements in the healthcare.
PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. was represented in the conference by its Advanced Wound Management Division and the Consumable Medical Supplies Division with the support of other divisions. A portfolio of Smith & Nephew materials was available on the stand – wound treatment and wound management. The Smith & Nephew innovations were presented, which attracted interest of the healthcare professionals and were very positively accepted. The Consumable Medical Supplies Division presented gloves and many other materials that the medical staff could try on the spot.
Advanced Wound Management Division
Consumable Medical Supplies Division
From 6th to 9th May 2018, our division of Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, together with the Medical Technology Division, participated for the third time in the annual Congress of the Czech Society of Cardiology, which has been traditionally held in Brno.
At our stand, we introduced short-term heart support Abiomed’s Impella, which has been distributed to the hospitals by our company since last October. All of our heart support models were exhibited, including a demo of the Impella CP series, which was connected to the controller and used in the “artificial heart”. Video presentation for these products was given as well. Our products have attracted great interest from the professional public. Leaflets for the products in question have also been provided.
Division of Intervention Radiology and Cardiology and Medical Technology Division
In two spring terms, the Advanced Wound Management Division organized a seminar on the chronic wounds healing. In several lecture blocks, the nurses got acquainted with a number of case studies, exchanged their experience and also listened to a lecture The occurrence of decubitus ulcer among patients from the forensic expert’s point of view.
The seminar was very welcomed by the participants.
We have received an approval of a professional organization for the inclusion of this professional event in the system for the education of non-medical healthcare staff. (Professional organization: The Czech Nurses Association).
Advanced Wound Management Division
For the second time, Diabetes Care Division of PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s., participated Diabetes Clinics as a gold partner in the Congress “54. diabetes days Luhačovice” held from 25th to 28th April 2018 and as every year organized under the auspices of the Czech Diabetes Society.
Our division was able to introduce CONTOUR PLUS ONE glucose meter together with the CONTOUR DIABETES app. The presentation took place both at the stand in the medical section and at the stand in the nurses’ section with a following presentation in the lecture hall. Presentation for the nurses’ section was made and given by one of our educational nurses Markéta Bittnerová, who participated in an international meeting of diabetes care nurses in Vienna and thus had the opportunity to share a lot of interesting information and knowledge with her colleagues.
There were 500 Diabetes Care doctors and 200 nurses from all over the Czech Republic participating in the Congress. For the Diabetes Care Division, we are pleased that many participants have shown a great interest in the innovative CONTOUR PLUS ONE, which brings new satisfied users and growing prestige of the diabetes care field.
Diabetes Care Division
On Sunday 22nd April 2018, our IRK Division provided clinical support for cardiology performance, which was presented as a live case within the frame of the 21st annual Prague Ablation Workshop, held from 21st to 24th April 2018 at the Institute of Molecular Genetics, the Czech Academy of Sciences. This workshop, organized by the IKEM Cardiology Clinic and the Hospital Na Homolce is attended every year by leading Czech and foreign experts in cardiology-arrhythmia.
This time it was the electrophysiological performance of radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia at the catheterization workplace of the hospital Na Homolce where a 3D model of the left ventricle was created using the electro-anatomical 3D mapping system. This provides the physicians with a visual idea of the shape of the patient’s heart section and enables them to identify the sources of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Subsequently, radiofrequency (thermal) energy is applied to individual locations in the heart, determined according to the created 3D model, using the so-called ablation catheter inserted through the groin into the heart. This will destroy dangerous sources of arrhythmias.
During this difficult procedure, our Impella CP was used to provide hemodynamic support when the need for dangerous arrhythmia had to be triggered and let it run for several minutes so that physicians could with the greatest possible precision identify and destroy the exact locus of arrhythmia. As the patient’s heart rate performance has been greatly reduced after extensive myocardial infarction, heart failure would lead to a critical drop in blood pressure and insufficient oxygenation of important organs, especially the brain.
A successfully completed demanding procedure lasted almost five hours and was performed by the head of the Department of Cardiology at the Hospital Na Homolce, Professor MD. Petr Neužil, CSc., FESC together with Professor MD. Vivek Reddy, a doctor from The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, U.S.A., and the lead physician of the Multifunctional Catheterization Laboratory of the Hospital Na Homolce MD. Jan Petrů. In addition to the established indications for the use in the high-risk coronary interventions and cardiogenic shock, the use of Impella has been expanded in the Czech Republic also into the ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia.
IRK Division
We are pleased to announce that the Diabetes Care Division has been awarded at the Ascensia Diabetes Care Distributors Meeting for the excellent launch of CONTOUR PLUS ONE onto the Czech market. Congratulations and we look forward to other great results!
Dear business partners,
PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP has officially launched the ArgoMed online store. The focus of our new e-shop is to expand sales towards the private sector. Our partners are healthcare professionals, medical specialists and veterinary surgeons, private clinics, firms and the public.
PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP’s background enables new e-shop to offer a wide range of products, modern and proven materials, innovations and expert advice.
ArgoMed offers quality and fast services at great price, perfect service and consultations in its own client centre. An essential part of the e-shop is the interesting bonus program for registered physicians.
For more information do not hesitate to visit www.argomed.cz.
Dear colleagues,
On February 27, 2018, we were honoured with the AON BEST EMPLOYER 2017 award for our amazing results in the largest motivation study in the Czech Republic.
These studies are run around the world, and this year we were among the seven award-winning companies in the Czech Republic. We managed to defend the title also for the 2017 year and as our General says, it is more difficult to defend than to win it … and we have defended!
Great thanks to everyone who has taken part and we are already looking forward to the next year run!
Dear colleagues,
at the end of January, our Advanced Wound Management Division attended the 16th National Congress of Wound Management in Pardubice. PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. was present together with Smith & Nephew. Thanks to an excellent homework of the entire team, a pleasant and at the same time unforgettable stand was created, that has become a background for our clients and the team.
The goal of the congress was meeting all medical and paramedical personnel working with chronic wounds, promotion of interdisciplinary cooperation and exchange of mutual experience and knowledge on wound healing and wound defects.
This year’s edition was attended by 2000 registered participants. The lectures were held in parallel in two halls and in the auditorium. This event was very important for us, and the team worked very efficiently. Our portfolio of Smith & Nephew products attracted many participants. We have established new relationships and maintained our existing relationships with our clients, from whom we received a very positive feedback and praise for our excellent work at the congress.
Advanced Wound Management
