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Another event Diabetology Division was participating in was the 24th Beskydy Pharmacy Meeting organized by the Moravian-Silesian branch of the Czech Chamber of Pharmacy. The main theme of this year’s event was pharmacotherapy in diabetes.

Not only were we asked to participate in the form of a stand, but we agreed with the organizer (as the only one) to implement three workshops, where we introduced more than 60 participants to the correct measurement of glucose with a glucose meter, optimal self-monitoring of glucose, the quality of our glucose meters and the support activities that our company, through the division of diabetes, implements for patients and the professional public during the year.

In the rich afternoon programme, both heads of the Ostrava diabetes centres also spoke. MUDr. Jitka Homolová from the Ostrava Fifejdy Municipal Hospital focused on the current trend of treatment using the first oral semaglutide (GLP1), its cardioprotective effects and other positive properties of this molecule in the treatment of not only diabetes.

MUDr. Radka Nágelová, from the University Hospital Ostrava, focused her lecture on the technologies used in the treatment of diabetes, including remote communication in providing patient data from the glucose meter, continuous glucose monitoring, smart insulin dispensers and insulin pumps, and especially their evaluation.

Our performance was very positively evaluated by the workshop organizers and participants. The possibility of participating in upcoming events of some pharmacies was suggested as part of the preventive actions that are increasingly being implemented in pharmacies across the country.

Division of Diabetology

The traditional and the largest diabetes congress in the Czech and Slovak Republic took place at the end of April in Luhačovice’s Elektra Cultural Centre, the Social House and Hotel Alexandria.

This year has seen several records. The number of participants in the congress, which lasted from Wednesday 24 April to Saturday 27 April, exceeded 1,600, including 400 nurses and non-medical health professionals and 750 doctors. The rest were completed by representatives of companies and organizers.

For the third time, Prof. George Grunberger from the USA was the guest of honour from abroad, who helped, among other things, to push for FDA approval for implantable sensors for continuous glucose monitoring, which we are also seeking to include in our product portfolio.

Our stand, which was very well strategically located at the 60th anniversary edition, was well attended by the participants and new activities and expanded cooperation with current and new clients were agreed.

Division of Diabetology

The prevalence of diabetes, especially type 2, is increasing. Only an educated and motivated patient can change his/her attitude towards his/her health so that his/her normal lifestyle does not create the conditions for the development of complications that may occur after some time. All this is due to a misunderstanding of the principle of the disease, the risk and other factors. Doing nothing is not the solution in diabetes. The basis of everything, is to know and manage self-monitoring of glycemia. This is the measurement of capillary blood sugar using strips and a glucometer, which is absolutely available today. A simple, effective, minimally invasive and yet underestimated method by many doctors, which should be adopted by everyone at the beginning of the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, and even better at the first suspicion of the manifestation of the disease, during the so-called PREDIABETES period.

The Division of Diabetes collaborates and supports activities to achieve the goal of equipping everyone who needs it with knowledge about self-monitoring, the availability of strips and glucometers. So that patients with diabetes perform self-monitoring correctly, know how to use the innovative functionalities of the glucometer, share data with their physician and participate in their own treatment.

One of the projects in which the Division of Diabetology regularly participates is the project mentioned at the beginning, which took place in Luhačovice in mid-April this year. For a better idea, we offer to watch a short video report below.

Division of Diabetology

We are pleased to report on the first cadaveric course in Prague, organized by our Division of Orthopaedics – Arthroscopy, which took place on 3 April 2024 at the Institute of Anatomy, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. The course was held with the support of the SNACE program, a collaboration between Smith+Nephew and Soggiorno s.r.o.

We have become a proud partner of the Artoscopic Academy of the Czech Republic!

This event was a unique opportunity to delve deeper into this specialized field of medicine and apply practical skills on a real cadaver. The excellent trainers who shared their wealth of knowledge , headed by Prof. Petr Zeman, MD, PhD, MBA, are leaders in the field of arthroscopy in the Czech Republic and their expert guidance and experience allowed all 18 participants to deepen their understanding of arthroscopy techniques and improve their skills in this area.

The invitation was also accepted by the esteemed foreign guest Prof. Tomasz Piontek MD from the Polish Rehasport Clinic.

The participants actively participated in practical exercises on cadaveric material, where they had the opportunity to apply the learned procedures and get valuable feedback from our instructors. We believe that the acquired knowledge and skills will be beneficial in the professional practice of physicians and will continue to move arthroscopic surgery forward.

We look forward to future educational events and, through them, beneficial new collaborations.

The Orthopaedics – Arthroscopy Division team

 

On 21 March 2024, the traditional workshop on Ultrasonographic Elastography took place at the Golf Hotel in Prague.

The morning part of the program was devoted to theoretical lectures by MUDr. Kukulský, who is an application specialist at FUJIFILM. Furthermore, MUDr. Machková and MUDr. Ďuricová from ISCARE, MUDr. Taimr from IKEMU, MUDr. Šmíd from VFN and prim. MUDr. Dvořák from the Regional Hospital Liberec, who was also the expert guarantor of the whole event.

After the theoretical session and a short refreshment, the participants were treated to a practical afternoon workshop on our three FUJIFILM Arietta 850 ultrasound machines, during which they could try both types of elastography, ShearWave and RealTime elastography.

We are very pleased with the historically record turnout. We firmly believe that the knowledge and skills gained, both from the theoretical and practical part, will benefit and help the participants in their elastographic examination of patients.

Medical Technologies Division

On 5 March 2024, in cooperation with the 1st Surgical Clinic – Thoracic, Abdominal and Trauma Surgery of the University Hospital Prague, we organized a course entitled Ultrasonography in Contemporary Surgery 2024.

The types of intraoperative probes, the procedure of setting up the device, the principles of ultrasound examination and specific examination procedures for individual surgical areas were presented.
The course was structured to cover the full spectrum of possible applications of this imaging modality, both in preoperative, perioperative and peri-operative diagnostics.

The program also included a hands-on Hands-on where participants were able to experience FAST US abdominal examination and practice punctures.

We would like to thank Prof. MUDr. Z. Krška, DrSc., to the chief doc. MUDr. D. Hoskovec, PhD., Mr. Ing. J. Herčík and all the lecturers for their help in the organization.

Division of Medical Technologies

The annual Colours of Sepsis congress was held on 22-26 January for doctors and nurses involved in critical care. Due to the exhausted capacity, the turnout at the popular congress was really high – over 1,500 physician and nurse participants attended this year’s event.

The congress boasted a number of workshops this year, most notably the ultrasound workshop for nurses, Critical Care Simulation, where a pre-selected team could try out various simulations of a suddenly occurring critical situation “mock” without endangering the real patient. Furthermore, also Venous Cannulation in Intensive Care designed for beginners or the workshop Hypo/hypernatremia of the patient and its overview of basic concepts and the relationship between sodium and water in the body. Some of the most interesting lectures were definitely controversies and mistakes in intensive care, various tutorials for example critically ill patients needing inotropic support, the varied layers of surgery, fluid de-resuscitation, emergency medicine and of course the much sought after lecture on transplant medicine.

Promedica was represented at the congress by the divisions of Interventional Urology and Venous Therapy, Intensive Care Medicine, Wound Care and Consumable Medical Devices.

The UVT division enriched the congress with stitchless fixations from Bedal, according to participants. These diverse fixations can be placed on virtually any invasive device widely used in the intensive care unit. There was really high interest in this topic. My colleagues also presented a new portfolio of fixations designed specifically for paediatric intensive care. The lecture on the future of sutureless fixation by MUDr. Nosková was certainly a great advantage, thanks to which this topic is becoming more deeply aware. The interest of the attendees in Bedal was really high and also, of course, in long-term inputs, which are also a very popular topic at the moment with Plan1Health and Angiodynamics.

For the intensive care division, this congress is the biggest and most important one. Representatives of the division presented especially the SINAPI chest suction, which was in demand not only by nurses but also by physicians across specialties (ARO, Surgery, Urgent and others). Other products presented included: chest trocars, closed suction system and oral care products.

On behalf of the wound care division, colleagues presented a wide portfolio of Smith+Nephew products. Of greatest interest were the area coverage and coverage for IV entries. Positive feedback from clients included the final comprehensive wound care range. This year the division again reached many new potential clients with products from the Allevyn range, Opsite, PICO 7 vacuum therapy.

Thanks to the already mentioned high attendance, the excellent location of our Promedica stand and above all the professional approach of our representatives, our stand was visited by a really large number of participants this year. Among them were a large number of our regular clients who accompanied new clients to our stand and that is why, despite the years of participation, we take away a lot of new and potential contacts from the congress, for which we are very happy and we are already looking forward to another such a high quality edition.

Divisions of Interventional Urology and Venous Therapy, Intensive Care Medicine, Wound Care and Consumable Medical Devices

We are very pleased to announce that we have scored significant successes at the Smith+Nephew Distributor Meeting held in Cairo on 27-28 January. The event was a great opportunity to meet key players from across the CEE region and discuss the latest trends in orthopaedics, sports medicine and wound healing.

At the gala we were awarded with the prize for the best sales in Advanced Wound Care, which is extremely pleasing for us and strengthens our motivation to develop further in the healthcare sector. In addition, we were able to enjoy the individual recognition of Petra Ghanem, who received an award for exceptional care of our customers.

The event was full of interesting discussions, inspiring presentations and great opportunities to establish new business relationships. Thank you to Smith+Nephew for organising this great event and to all our partners for their support and cooperation.

Stay tuned for our next steps as we continue to push the boundaries in providing cutting edge healthcare solutions!

 

Kind regards,

Promedica Team, Orthopaedics Division

The XXII National Congress with International Participation – Interdisciplinary Cooperation in the Treatment of Wounds and Skin Defects was held from 18 January to 19 January 2024.

The congress was held at the University of Pardubice, under the auspices of the Czech Society for Wound Care, in cooperation with the Faculty of Medical Studies of the University of Pardubice and Pardubice Hospital, Hospital of Pardubice Region a.s. The Congress was held under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Pardubice and the Governor of the Pardubice Region.

The congress was intended for medical practitioners, surgeons, dermatologists, geriatricians, diabetologists, internists and doctors of other disciplines involved in wound care. It was also for nurses from outpatient and inpatient facilities as well as home care.

A prominent figure at this year’s event was EWMA President Kirsi Isoherranen, who contributed a lecture in the field of atypical wound management.

The conference was very successful in terms of our business objectives. It was attended by more than 1,000 participants who were experts in wound treatment and healing. We had the opportunity to make many new contacts and create new business opportunities. At the same time, we maintained the relationships we had already established, which enabled us to strengthen our position in the market.

This year, a little unconventionally, the concept of booth presentation was chosen. Congress participants could meet us at the booth, which was designed in a café style. Settling into the seats, offering good snacks and good drinks created an unforgettable environment for business meetings. Presentations of Smith and Nephew wound care and vacuum therapy materials were made during the enjoyable gourmet experience and conversations. This presentation concept received very positive feedback from the congress participants.

We look forward to further opportunities to present our products and services at similar events and believe that our participation in these congresses will contribute to the continued growth and success of our division.

Wound Care Division

We would like to share the information that we have again managed to support a good cause and with the contribution of Kapka naděje, the Arietta 65 ultrasound machine has been installed in the children’s ward of Strakonice Hospital. The device has several probes that allow to examine both newborns and almost adult patients of the children’s ward. It also includes a special cardiology probe, which contributes to the early diagnosis of congenital heart defects and here to the rapid initiation of treatment.

The new ultrasound will be used by doctors in the paediatric outpatient department on the ground floor of the N.O.R.D. pavilion. Our older ultrasound machine, which the department also has thanks to a contribution from Drops of Hope, will be moved from the outpatient department to the inpatient department. Patients, and in this case especially their parents, expect to receive quality and prompt help in the hospital. The ultrasound in the ward and in the outpatient clinic will certainly help this, as it will speed up diagnosis and the start of treatment.

Division of Medical Technology