The Barren-Metcalfe County Emergency Medical Service will soon implement a new medical device that will benefit COVID-19 patients as well as emergency medical personnel.

The medical device, the Sea-Long helmet, is a clear, plastic helmet that fits over a patient’s head and is secured with an airtight seal around the patient’s neck that sits on the patient’s shoulders.

The Sea-Long helmet is seen as the solution.

It will be used for COVID patients who are sick but don’t need the help of a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine or a BiPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) machine to breathe.

The Sea-Long helmet will give emergency medical personnel a better way to oxygenate COVID patients without putting themselves at risk of contracting the virus.

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