Publications & Testimonials

Regarding AerosolVE Helmet 

Use of AerosolVE Tent in Emergency Department

Regarding AerosolVE Tent 

AerosolVE Tent During Bedside Tracheostomy

“The helmet design is compact and creates and maintains a personal negative pressure environment that the patient can wear during transport, imaging and testing.”

— Ben Bassin, MD. Emergency medicine, University of Michigan

“After simulation testing, the AerosolVE Compact Respiratory Isolation System appears well designed to allow access to the patient for airway management, while still providing protection to clinical providers. In anesthesiology the device would have potential for benefit in minimizing aerosolization during intubation, extubation, and during procedures including awake intubation, some MAC sedation cases, and diagnostic laryngoscopy procedures with Otolaryngology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.”

— Samuel A. Schechtman, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Head and Neck Anesthesiology & Airway Management

“The Medical Procedures Unit (MPU) trialed the Aerosolve tent on one of our most technically difficult, aerosol-generating procedures: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy (ERCP). The device was fully adaptable to our needs and allowed us to perform the procedure successfully and without delays. Our ability to perform these safely in the setting of COVID is a definite advance in care. We fully support the continued development and use of this device in all areas where they have been a valuable option.”

— Michelle A. Anderson, MD, M.Sc., FASGE, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Clinical Chief of Endoscopy, Director, Medical Procedure Unit, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

“The negative pressure helmet is an incredibly innovative device which will immediately fill a significant and urgent need. This novel device will greatly benefit patients with COVID-19 and other aerosol-transmitted diseases, and will also aid in protection of health care workers by preventing disease transmission.”

— Lena Napolitano, M.D., Director of the U-M Surgical Intensive Care Unit and An Associate Director At MCIRCC

“I am writing to provide my strongest support to the AerosolIVE tent system. I have used it during AGP procedures and I firmly believe in its use and benefits. The portability and extreme efficient clearance of aerosol particles of this system will decrease the risk of patient-healthcare worker transmission to our staff, and both facilitate and expedite proper patient care.”

— José De Cárdenas, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Interventional Pulmonology Program Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

“I have had the opportunity to use the negative pressure tent while performing two bedside tracheostomies on COVID patients. During the procedures, there were multiple instances that the procedural team would have normally been exposed to COVID-containing aerosol, except for the presence of the negative pressure within the tent. I therefore strongly support acquisition of this device.”

— Krishna Rajajee, MD Clinical Professor in Neurosurgery & Neurology Medical Director, Neurointensive Care Co-Director Comprehensive Stroke Center

“As we move past the surge and into the tail of COVID-19 at Michigan Medicine, it is vital that we discover innovative ways to provide high quality care and the safest way possible. I strongly believe that the AerosolVE Tent will be a tremendous asset to both the patients as well as the health system.”

— Philip J Choi, MD Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medical Director, Assisted Ventilation Clinic University of Michigan

“The AerosolVE can help facilitate getting the right care to the patient at the right time. Having worked in both emergency and critical care nursing, I have had the unfortunate opportunity to see the impact that delays in necessary interventions and extended ICU stays have on our patients. Utilization of a device like AerosolVE could prevent delays in care and facilitate ICU liberation.”

— Renee Havey, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNS-BC, CEN Clinical Nurse Specialist Adult Emergency Services and Emergency Critical Care Center

“The AeroIVE tent provides a safer working environment for staff given the limited number of negative pressure rooms. This device has the ability to enhance patient care and staff safety within the healthcare system.”

— Michael Thomas, MD Assistant Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Medical Director, Cardiac Critical Care Unit

“This product will solve a significant safety and operational concern for our patients and employees. As volume begins to increase again, rooms with negative pressure will become increasingly scarce and the need to provide nebulized therapy and/or high flow oxygen will not go away. By using the portable negative airflow respiratory filters, our ability to provide this care will be greatly increased without the risk of moving patients in and out of negative pressure rooms which are a limited resource.”

— Seth Krupp, Medical Director, Vice Chair of Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine Henry Ford Health System

“During this pandemic I have been involved in many aerosol-generating procedures. The AerosolVE tent has provided all involved a next-level barrier for protection from COVID. The potential risks for respiratory exposures with intubations and tracheotomy procedures will be reduced thanks to the negative pressure feature of this tent.”

— James Michael Tallman, MS, RRT

“I was able to get a hands on demonstration of the AerosoIVE negative pressure procedure tent in EC3. I feel it would provide a tremendous benefit to our practice. From a safety standpoint, Physicians, bedside RNs, and RTs are at greatest risk during intubations and other aerosolized procedures that cannot be avoided. I see great promise in this concept. I truly hope to see more of these readily available in the near future.”

— Colleen Edwards, RRT