Ketamine Infusion Video

Although ketamine therapy shows tremendous promise for the treatment of clinical depression, anxiety and PTSD, it remains a challenge to closely monitor blood pressure and vitals without disrupting treatment. Maintaining sensory isolation and minimizing exposure to environmental stimuli is simply not possible with traditional blood pressure cuffs. Periodic BP checks are uncomfortable, intrusive and disruptive to treatment leading to less than optimal outcomes. Caretaker Medical has solved this problem with the Caretaker4, a continuous, wireless and non-invasive blood pressure and vital signs monitor. Unlike traditional blood pressure cuffs, the Caretaker4 calculates blood pressure, heart rate and respiration rate with every beat of the heart. This ability to monitor physiological parameters in real-time allows for increased oversight of a patients' vital signs without the discomfort and disruption common with automated blood pressure cuffs. Using only a single finger cuff inflated to very low pressure, the Caretaker4 can be worn for extended periods with no discomfort. More critical to successful treatment, patients remain oblivious to the presence of the device which helps to ensure sensory isolation and maximise the opportunity for positive treatment outcomes. Dr. David Feifel, founder of first ketamine infusion program for psychiatric disorders has incorporated the Caretaker4 in the ketamine therapy program of Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute and has this to say about our device: "We are now able to monitor a patient's vitals more intensively than previously possible and our patients are completely oblivious that we are doing so. It has allowed us to provide a more optimal treatment for our patients while enhancing patient safety and reducing labor and the time our nurses spend on monitoring. Not surprisingly, our nurses especially love our Caretaker devices and we have been so pleased with the performance that we recently purchased an additional device."