Draeger Advances Discussion on Neonatal Ventilation

Expert shares insights into neonatal respiratory care with Australian medical
professionals as part of the Draeger Respiratory Care Speaker Tour

Draeger, a Germany-based company with 120 years of innovation in
ventilation, has just completed the Australian leg of the Draeger Respiratory
Care Speaker Tour yesterday, the 9th of November 2009, in Melbourne. The
Respiratory Care Speaker Tour consists of a series of high level medical forums
by leading experts in respiratory care to enhance respiratory knowledge amongst
medical professionals in Asia and Australia. Professor Colin Morley, a British
expert on neonatal ventilation, shared his expertise with Australian medical
professionals on the invitation of Draeger in Melbourne, Australia.

Professor Morley gave an educational and interactive presentation on a
topic with which he is intimately familiar. His interactive presentation,
titled "Go with the Flow", focused on the techniques involved in interpreting
data for respiratory care of neonates – a practice which demands high levels of
accuracy and precision due to the neonate’s immature respiratory system and the
risk of further lung damage that may occur. The former Director of Neonatal
Medicine at The Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne is an expert in neonatal
respiratory care. Retired in 2008, Professor Morley still remains an active
neonatal expert, with his current research focusing on neonatal resuscitation,
nasal continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) and mechanical ventilation.

Ms Alison Curren, the Managing Director of Draeger’s Medical Division in
Australia, explains: "With Professor Morley’s expertise and vast experience in
the field of neonatal respiration, we hope to generate new discussions and
further improvement in neonatal respiratory care. Respiratory care is an area
in which Draeger has extensive experience, and with the Draeger Respiratory
Care Speaker Tour, we show our commitment to the further development of
neonatal respiratory care in Australia."

About the Draeger Respiratory Care Speaker Tour

As the final component of the Draeger Respiratory Care Speaker Tour,
Professor Morley’s presentation is one of a series of three presented by
Draeger on the topic of respiratory care. The tour seeks to address central
ventilation issues. In July 2009, Professor Putensen, a world-renowned German
researcher on respiratory medicine and technology, spoke in China and Thailand
as part of the tour. More than 250 medical professionals, researchers, doctors
and decision makers in the healthcare industry attended the series of lectures
in the cities of Beijing, Nanjing and Kunming in China and in Bangkok,
Thailand.

Contacts

Wesley Gunter
Tel: +65-6259-3193
Email: wesley@flamecomms.com

Justin Kung
Tel: +65-6872-9281
Email: justin.kung@draeger.com

SOURCE: Draeger