Life-Guard, COVID-19 Innovation and Virginia Tech Create In-Flight Face Shield

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When Susan Rivers, director, Carilion Clinic Life-Guard, learned flight operations were being impeded by helmets with problematic goggles, she contacted our COVID-19 Innovation team for assistance.

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Life-Guard helmet goggles are prone to problems for in-flight operations.
The COVID-19 Innovation team stepped in, enlisting our clinical team and Virginia Tech's College of Engineering to help.
A prototype worked, improving in-flight care and safety -- and it may benefit air ambulance crews nationwide.
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The helmet face shield developed by our COVID-19 Innovation Team
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Life-Guard crew flanked by Virginia Tech engineers Liam Chapin and Dr. Alex Leonessa (left), Life-Guard Director Susan Rivers and COVID-19 Innovation's Troy Keyser (right) our COVID-19 Innovation Team members
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We’re grateful for the countless ways you provide compassionate care for our patients and communities. Please continue to share your novel innovations and ideas with the COVID-19 Innovation Team, including concepts related to PPE, medical devices and supplies, analytics and reporting, physical infrastructure and data or data science. 

Contact either Webb Burns, Business Development, at rwburns@carilionclinic.org, or Sarah Parker, Sim Lab, at separker@carilionclinic.org to share your ideas. 

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The COVID-19 Innovation Team—Collaboration During the Pandemic