FreePulse

Thank you Engineering World Health for the shout out, your help with FreePulse, and all the work you do to improve healthcare around the globe!

Congratulations To Our Graduating Seniors! Congratulations to all our EWH graduating seniors! We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished! We’re especially tickled by the achievements of EWH alumni Reece Stevens, who just received the 2017 Cockrell School of Engineering Outstanding Scholar/Leader Award at the University of Texas, Austin.

Here are dozens of donated infusion pumps that are unusable simply because they have the wrong plug. Devices like FreePulse that are custom made for the needs of developing world hospitals won't end up in a pile.

"I've had the privilege of being able to travel to hospitals throughout Rwanda and Nepal, and during my time there I witnessed medical device issues firsthand. A particularly common problem I observed was a lack of patient monitors; Kabgayi District Hospital in Muhanga, Rwanda, had 5 patient monitors for 440 beds, and Okhaldhunga Community Hospital in Okhaldhunga, Nepal, had only 1 patient monitor for 50 beds. A monitor is required for every surgery ward and most intensive care units, meaning that a shortage of monitors severely limits the hospital's patient treatment capacity and turnover rate." -Our founder, Reece Stevens