Title: Respirators in the Emergency Department: Communication Solutions to Counter Voice Attenuation while wearing PPEs Team: Anubhav Shankar, Mitchell Wong, Chichi Chang Client: Emergency Medicine – Neil Ray, MD & Dheeraj Duggineni, MD (U. Penn) Every cardiopulmonary resuscitation involves a team of about seven staff frantically performing CPR, evaluating vitals, and calling for medications. Emergency department nurses and…

Title: Establishing PPE Integrity for N95 Respirators Team: Emily Kim, Sammy Cheung, Daniel Yang, Rajan Parikh Client: Pulmonary Medicine – George Su, MD (UCSF) COVID ICU nurses are constantly in a dangerous environment, exposed to all forms of diseases and ailments, trusting that their personal protective equipment (PPE) will protect them. The COVID-19 outbreak has put greater strain…

Title: Redesigning Facial PPE for Radiology Patients Team: Vicky Cui, Shirley Li, Daniel Beard Client: Radiology (MRI) – Elizabeth Pierce (UCSF) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a commonly used medical imaging modality for soft tissue and tumor detection in the brain and spinal cord. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current standard of care for patients…

Title: A hands-free pulse sensor to decrease “hands-off time” during CPR Team: Luis Fernando Ayala Cardona, Alvin Kristoff Agatep, Kaleo Leonhardt, Leslie Martinez Client: Emergency Medicine – Rahul Nayak, MD (Stanford University Medical Center) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, most commonly referred to as CPR, is a life saving procedure involving performing chest compressions on patients that have…

Title: Respiratory PPE for Dental Hygienists: Engineering Protection Controls for Aerosol-Generating Cleaning Procedures Team: Edward Han, Elizabeth Wang, Mehak Sharma Client: Dental Medicine – Beth Wilson, RDH; Rhoda Gonzales, RDH, RDHAP; Travis Trammel, RDH, RDHAP, PhD; & Becki Cole At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, most dental offices closed their doors. Since then, they…