Energy Europe’s natural gas reserves 103 are stored in caverns Dräger Review Hazardous Goods Safer transport thanks to zero Dräger Review blood alcohol 103 Technology for Life October 2011 Dream October 2011 and SafetyRisk When sleep is work Risk New technologies require new strategies EN_01_388_Titel.indd 1 08.09.11 08:17 Contents 150,000 kilos is the approximate weight of the apparatus used in a proton beam therapy for cancer patients at the rinecker proton therapy Center in munich. read more starting on page 24. elge h graphy: plainpicture/Sauber, OtO RbIs ver ph CalCulating treating Co RPTC MUNICH 8 cO 24 4 experienCe She helps newborns 16 energy crude oil and natural gas 24 anesthesia the proton beam and their parents, he “does alcohol”. are stored in underground caves. is being used in a new kind of cancer these caverns are used to safeguard treatment – the beam is generated in 6 news the Dräger Design center energy supplies in times of crisis. a superconducting particle accelerator. is a virtual hospital. a training truck enables realistic accident-rescue 20 s hipping Companies 28 Dream researCh Dreams can exercises. Dräger strikes a high companies that transport hazardous help to heal the soul, but they profile at leading trade shows. materials bear a great responsibility. can also be haunting – for patients in germany, the hamburg-based hoyer in intensive care, for example. 8 FoCus Mankind has faced risks group is taking this role seriously – throughout its history, and people have for example, through its use of breath- 32 mobile gas DeteCtors learned to manage them. but our alcohol vehicle immobilizers. a blue steel cabinet is used to ensure high-tech world is giving rise to new orderly allocation and return of types of risks – which can only gas detection technology and other be overcome with new strategies. equipment. 2 Dräger review 103 | OctOber 2011 EN_02-03_388_Inhalt.indd 2 01.09.11 13:50 S age M helping DevelOping 36 Mara SoMMer 50 getty i 36 FireFighting New Zealand 50 OutlOOk what can techno- iMprint Fire Service uses dramatic logy learn from animals? bionics Publisher: Drägerwerk Ag & co. KgaA, corporate communications campaigns to warn about dangers – uses ideas born from millions editorial address: Moislinger Allee 53–55, including those that can arise of years of evolution. 23558 Lübeck, germany / [email protected], www.draeger.com when using the stove at home. editor in Chief: björn wölke, 54 service Dräger worldwide. tel.: +49 451 882 20 09, Fax: +49 451 882 39 44 42 insight the Parat c has been Publishing House: teLLUS cOrPOrAte MeDiA gmbH providing protection against toxic fire- 56 clOse-up the UcF 7000 editorial Consultant: Nils Schiffhauer related gases for 30 years. the infrared camera can “see” people (responsible according to press law) art Direction, Design, and Picture editing: fire escape hoods are hand crafted. and hot spots through heavy redaktion 4 gmbH smoke. its “eye” is a special chip. translation: transForm gmbH Printing: Dräger + w ullenwever print+media 46 Drug test Südharz Hospital Lübeck gmbH & co. Kg in Nordhausen, germany, uses iSSN 1869-7275 the Drugtest 5000 as part of the admission process. Dräger review 103 | OctOber 2011 3 EN_02-03_388_Inhalt.indd 3 01.09.11 13:51 ExpERIENCE PeOPle whO PerFOrM What Moves Us – Dräger Worldwide Elizabeth MacMillan York, Registered Nurse at the Sunnybrook NICU in Toronto, Canada “From time to time, i experience an unexpected moment of happi- veloped ventilation technologies and the other knowledge, skills, ness: i pass a family on the street and the parents recognize me. and strategies we needed. Neonatal intensive care was a unique ‘You took care of our baby in the NicU.’ we talk about the child area within pediatric medicine and nursing. today, we live in a and all that has happened since it was discharged. this child and world where we can share new knowledge and the latest tech- family were in our neonatal intensive care unit during what must nologies immediately. the global neonatal world has become very have been a very challenging time for the family. Such encoun- small and we can learn from each other globally, to the benefit of ters highlight for me the value of the work we do. in our profes- infants and families. sional world, these infants and their families are a part of our world the families are an integral part of the care team while their only for a short time – a matter of days or months. For the fami- infants are in our NicU and during visits to our Neonatal Follow lies we care for, we remain a part of their lives forever. the work Up clinic. Families support our work after leaving the NicU by we do today in neonatal intensive care has changed dramatically participating on our Family Advisory council. this council gives since i began working in the field over 30 years ago. More than of their time and expertise to provide advice to the NicU team 40 years ago, the pediatric community began ventilating infants. and support to present NicU families. i could not have hoped for in the early days, our eyes were our monitoring tools as we de- a more enjoyable, exciting and fullfilling career.” ch MbA ext: Silke U t OMMer; OMMer; S ArA , , M AiF /l S ri OlA k/P iU YN OhN hr : : J hY grAP OtO P h 4 Dräger review 103 | OctOber 2011 EN_04-05_Menschenbewegen.indd 4 01.09.11 13:51 James Dempsey, New Zealand Police, Wellington “when describing our job we simply say: ‘i do alcohol,’ which means with no passengers inside! we just jumped out of the way, and the we conduct roadside breath checks. i used to be a truck driver, but car collided with a tree. we discovered that the vehicle was sto- i wanted to join the police force. At first i was a beat patrol cop, len, and the four occupants had fled into the bushes. the saddest and then i moved to alcohol. we have mobile testing devices and moments are when kids are involved. the other day we stopped a the ‘booze bus.’ we use the buses to set up checkpoints, where woman who had her 18-month old baby in the car; her blood-alco- everyone is tested, even if there are no grounds for suspicion. hol content was 1.2 percent. we had to call her husband. He was when we catch someone who’s over the drink drive limit, they at home in bed and was really shocked. usually get upset and even insist they had only one drink. i guess the checkpoints make drivers much more afraid that we’ll catch in many cases that’s got to be a really big glass! we want to send them, like in Auckland last year, when we caught over 300 people a message: Anyone who is going to get behind the wheel should in one weekend. the Dräger Alcotest 9510 is very effective – and be sure not to drink any alcohol whatsoever. there are lots of re- accepted for evidential purposes in courts of law in New Zealand. peat offenders, and for them the punishment becomes much more the devices in the bus print out three copies of the test strip, one severe. Anyone caught for the third time faces up to two years’ im- for us, one to be presented in court, and one for the driver. the prisonment, loss of their driver’s license for more than one year, and information on the print-out includes the names of the driver and a fine of up to 6,000 New Zealand dollars (about € 3,500). Once the police officer, and the time of the test. So it’s no longer pos- i experienced something really creepy: A car that rolled up to us, sible to claim: ‘but i wasn’t even driving at that time.’” Dräger review 103 | OctOber 2011 5 EN_04-05_Menschenbewegen.indd 5 01.09.11 13:52 News nn mA LL ti ene r y: APH gr tO HO P D-111137-2011 A+A: The world of occupational safety. The Dräger Design Center: showcasing the latest medical technology in action. A Maze of Hazardous The Dräger Design Center: substances Like a Virtual Hospital A+A, germany’s leading trade fair for the new Dräger Design center in Lübeck, germany, showcases the company’s medical occupational safety, is held in Düsseldorf systems about 700 square meters of floor space. the facility, which occupies an every two years. this year’s event will existing building, was completed in a mere six months at a cost of around 2 million euros. run from October 18 to 21 and will host “we’ve recreated all acute care areas,” explains project manager Dietmar Schäfer. around 1,500 exhibitors. Dräger is visitors to the “Hospital Area” can trace a patient’s progress through the stages of trans- appearing in an approximately 500-square- port ventilation, resuscitation, induction, operation, post-operative, recovery, and inten- meter booth in Hall 6/e 15 under the sive care. this gives visitors first-hand experience with not only various Dräger devices slogan “Lost in the jungle of hazardous in action, but also integrated medical equipment such as gas management systems. substances?”. “we’ll be showing how “in addition to the devices,” says Schäfer, “we also showcase other solutions along to measure and detect dangerous gases,” the clinical pathway, such as patient data management systems.” Upon request, a says Oliver Steinmann from Dräger, room can be set up according to the exact specifications desired by customers for their “and how our products and services help own hospital.