Dräger Medical’s global-driven portfolio encompasses complete CareArea™ Solutions for the acute point of care throughout the patient care process – from emergency care and perioperative care on to critical care, perinatal care and home care.

Dräger Medical CareArea™ Solutions link clinical processes and create enterprisewide advantages including the integration of information, transport solutions, common user interfaces and standardized accessories.

Founded in Lübeck, Germany, in 1889, Dräger has a long history of innovative excellence in developing solutions that support patient-centered processes for efficient and high-quality care. As the largest division of Drägerwerk AG, Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG is a 65:35 joint venture company between Drägerwerk AG and Siemens AG.

With net sales of 1,106 million euros (approximately US$1.4 billion) in 2005, the company contributes approximately 70 percent of total sales as the largest division of Drägerwerk AG,which is listed in the German TecDAX and is traded on the German stock exchanges. Dräger Medical is represented in over 190 countries and has sales and service subsidiaries in almost 50 countries. The company employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide, around half of whom work in customer sales and services. As a driver at the forefront of medical engineering, Dräger Medical stays true to its roots of innovation, investing over 7 percent of total revenue in R&D efforts.

Dräger Medical’s world headquarters are in Lübeck, Germany, with U.S. headquarters in Telford, Pa. Production is located in Lübeck, Germany; Best, Netherlands; Telford, Pa., and Danvers,Mass., USA; and Shanghai, China.

Dräger Medical’s CareArea™ Solutions are part of a holistic approach to evolutionizing the acute point of care – helping the hospital and staff smoothly transition to the healthcare environment of the future. Clinicians can also benefit from synergies throughout the patient care process, from high-efficiency transport solutions and greater information access to harmonized user interfaces.

A Dräger Medical CareArea Solution is the combination of integrated medical systems and services that include Perioperative Care, Perinatal Care, Critical Care, Emergency Care, Education & Training and DrägerService. The goals in the care areas are:

• Perioperative Care – Responsibly drive throughput during every step of the perioperative process while helping to optimize results;
• Perinatal Care – Provide family-centered solutions that work in harmony to create a more nurturing environment for infants, patients and staff;
• Critical Care – Increase efficiency and improve therapy to help accelerate healing; and
• Emergency Care – Help emergency personnel simplify the process of gaining control of life-threatening situations.

CareArea Solutions link clinical processes and create cross-care area advantages including the integration of information, transport solutions, common user interfaces and standardized accessories.

By emphasizing continuous innovation, seamless integration and comprehensive services across all areas, CareArea Solutions are capable of delivering fundamental advantages that span the patient care process and lead to enterprise-level efficiencies. The following are examples of CareArea Solution advantages for caregivers:

• Impact decision making by accessing more relevant information at the acute point of care;
• Impact error reduction and achieve confident, reliable device operation through common user interfaces across modalities and departments;
• Impact work flow and save time with standardized, smart accessories;
• Impact risk reduction by assuring peak performance and uptime through industry- leading service;
• Impact staff performance and utilization of equipment through an extensive portfolio of certified Education & Training and DrägerService programs; and
• Impact efficiency and patient safety with time-saving transport solutions that enable continuous monitoring of all parameters.