Potentially lifesaving equipment has been donated to the MEDS service in a bid to help the detection of sepsis.
Mannin Sepsis has donated a lactate monitor to the Manx Emergency Doctor Service – it's designed to help medical staff diagnose the potentially life-threatening condition.
The monitors are already installed in ambulances – due to the donation the staff in the out-of-hours GP service are being trained to use theirs.
Mannin Sepsis was set up in memory of Island teenager Ann Struthers who died from sepsis in 2013.
Her parents Dee and John Struthers presented the device to the MEDS service on Tuesday.
Dee says: "This monitor will assist in the early diagnosis of sepsis, a condition which requires effective treatment here and now.
"Perhaps if Ann’s blood had been tested with such a monitor back in 2013, we would be sharing a different story today."
Clinical Lead at MEDS Dr John Snelling says: "Sepsis is still an uncommon condition, thankfully, but when contracted, can become very dangerous very quickly.
"Quick and accurate diagnosis is extremely important, and this monitor will help our medical and nursing staff enormously when seeing acutely unwell patients.
"We are keen to put it to good use and whilst we sincerely hope we won’t have to use it often, we are greatly encouraged that what is often a tricky diagnosis to make, will be made easier and more accurate with this machine."
