Asgardian Health Services It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on the first Parliament of Asgardia and I hope to continue my service and continue the fine work we have started. As a medical doctor I believe that physician representation is important in any government entity. With the recent modifications to the Constitution, it is important that robust expertise is present to debate and discuss all aspects of the “First Baby Born in Space” goal. My familiarity with terrestrial politics as an elected health official provides me with a unique opportunity to share my experience in the production and subsequent interpretation of health related law. My hope is to build upon the framework laws that our First Parliament has passed to produce health focused legislation and infrastructure for our great nation. My initial goal of building a Ministry of Health has transformed in time to focus more on a Health Commission which can function as a collaborative body within the current existing legal structure. I hope that the constituents who vote for me will share an interest in Asgardia Health and Wellness and work with me to build this critical work. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to represent you. One Humanity, One Unity asgardia.space/elections/parliamentary-elections/candidates/116?-link-116

I wanted to reach out to anyone I spoke with at the IFAH meeting who might be now fellow Asgardians.  What a wonderful meeting full of visionaries and innovators from all over the world and in many specialties including health, technology and education.  I am humbled to have been a part of such an event and proud to dedicate some slides from my innovators presentation to Asgardia and it’s mission in the hope of linking some of these amazing minds to ours.

Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative’s ARMEE™ ventilator (ARMEEVent.com) Who we are: The Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (IDMC), a non-profit organization that provides a forum for collaboration, cooperation and coordination of disaster medical experts, assets and systems. IDMC.us What is the ARMEE™ ventilator? The ARMEE™ ventilation device ARMEEVent.com which stands for “Automatic Respiration Management Exclusively for Emergencies” is based on technology developed in the 1960s by Harry Diamond Laboratories for the U.S. Army. Experts believe the simply-designed ventilator, which requires no electricity and has no moving parts, can help bridge the gap of urgently needed mechanical ventilation support during the COVID-19 crisis. ARMEE™ also represents an economical, rapidly deployable ventilation tool that can be utilized in almost any kind of emergency or disaster response. Background: The development engineers on the project, including lead engineer, Christopher Jung, were looking for ways to contribute their skills to the growing COVID-19 crisis. One of the engineers saw the emergent need for the technology from his personal experience with a recent illness that wasn’t confirmed to be COVID-19. He performed the initial historical research on mechanical ventilation to find the earliest documents created by Harry Diamond Laboratories and the U.S. Army on the technology in the late 1950s with subsequent iterations into the early 1970s. The engineer discovered an existing device from that time period at a relic museum in the U.S. Midwest and was able to have it delivered to his lab in the San Francisco Bay area. He and fellow engineers performed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the device in order to preserve it and avoid the need to dismantle it. They then reverse engineered it to create their modern-day version. Why the ARMEE™? The ARMEE™ device overcomes the hurdles that plague many other device manufacturing efforts by its ability to pull from numerous potential production materials rather than relying on the components required by standard ventilator design. As many U.S.-based and international companies have jumped in to help aid the COVID-19 crisis by mass producing ventilators, they are now being hampered by competition for limited resources and materials, resulting in slower manufacturing processes and longer lead times. Front line medical experts are being told it could be months before they will have access to the newly available ventilators coming offline in the standard ventilator market. The ARMEE™ device is economical to build with an estimated cost of under $100 per unit. It can be mass-produced in a matter of days increasing timely access by front line medical experts. Supplementing, Not Replacing Existing Technology The purpose of the ARMEE™ device is to bridge gaps and to provide an immediately deployable emergency option for mechanical ventilation to first responders, and emergency medical personnel in situations where access to standardized ventilation is either unavailable or inoperable due to specific local conditions. Cost-Effective Solution Because the protocol the engineers and doctors designed can be provided to manufacturers large and small nationwide, production of devices can be ramped up to meet demand within days. To maintain quality and safety standards, once regulatory approval is given, IDMC plans to provide serial numbers to manufacturers so that the resulting products can be easily monitored by the organization for safety and quality improvement initiatives.

ENGINEERS, EMERGENCY, ICU DOCTORS CREATE PORTABLE, SCALABLE VENTILATOR Based on design created for the U.S. Army in the 1960s, device could help fill gap in emergency resources to deliver life-saving patient care during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 2020 – The Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (IDMC), a non-profit organization that provides a forum for collaboration, cooperation and coordination of disaster medical experts, assets and systems, announced today the launch of a scalable, portable 3D-printed ventilator. The ARMEE™ ventilation device (ARMEEVent.com) which stands for “Automatic Respiration Management Exclusively for Emergencies” is based on technology developed in the 1960s by Harry Diamond Laboratories for the U.S. Army. Experts believe the simply-designed ventilator, which requires no electricity and has no moving parts, can help bridge the gap of urgently needed mechanical ventilation support during the COVID-19 crisis. ARMEE™ also represents an economical, rapidly deployable ventilation tool that can be utilized in almost any kind of emergency or disaster response. “The simplicity of the design of ARMEE™ is what makes this device brilliant. It can perform the most essential ventilator functions by providing breathing assistance to patients in need and can do so without electricity,” said Chris Jung, lead engineer on the IDMC project. “It can also be built economically and quickly using easily-accessible materials.” Overcoming Hurdles and Bridging the Gap The ARMEE™ device overcomes the hurdles that plague many other device manufacturing efforts by its ability to pull from numerous potential production materials rather than relying on the components required by standard ventilator design. As many U.S.-based and international companies have jumped in to help aid the COVID-19 crisis by mass producing ventilators, they are now being hampered by competition for limited resources and materials, resulting in slower manufacturing processes and longer lead times. Front line medical experts are being told it could be months before they will have access to the newly available ventilators coming offline in the standard ventilator market. The ARMEE™ device is economical to build with an estimated cost of under $100 per unit. It can be mass-produced in a matter of days increasing timely access by front line medical experts. “As an emergency physician, I have been following reports of supply shortages from around the world including ventilators. I am also faced with contingency plans that involve the moral, ethical and psychological challenges of selective ventilator allocation that I pray I will never have to face,” said Brian Froelke, MD, President of IDMC and East Central Regional EMS Medical Director for Missouri. ”For myself and my colleagues, this device could save us from that one serious challenge and allow us the time and energy to face the other critical aspects of patient care.” Supplementing, Not Replacing Existing Technology The purpose of the ARMEE™ device is to bridge gaps and to provide an immediately deployable emergency option for mechanical ventilation to first responders, and emergency medical personnel in situations where access to standardized ventilation is either unavailable or inoperable due to specific local conditions. Because the protocol the engineers and doctors designed can be provided to manufacturers large and small nationwide, production of devices can be ramped up to meet demand within days. To maintain quality and safety standards, once regulatory approval is given, IDMC plans to provide serial numbers to manufacturers so that the resulting products can be easily monitored by the organization for safety and quality improvement initiatives. About ARMEE™ The ARMEE™ ventilation device, which stands for “Automatic Respiration Management Exclusively for Emergencies” is based on technology developed in the 1960s by Harry Diamond Laboratories for the U.S. Army. In 2019, NASA published a paper on oscillators similar to ARMEE™. Experts believe the simply-designed ventilator, which requires no electricity, works by harnessing fluid dynamics and contains no moving parts can provide a much needed emergency solution for responders and healthcare providers. ARMEE™ can bridge the gap to provide critically-needed ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and around the world and an emergency solution for future healthcare challenges. To learn more, visit ARMEEVent.com. About IDMC: The Interstate Disaster Medical Collaborative (IDMC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides a forum for collaboration, cooperation and coordination of disaster medical experts, assets and systems. To learn more, visit IDMC.us Contact: Teresa Barnes TeresaBarnesAdvocacy@gmail.com 303-521-4080 ###

Hello healthcare experts, I am working within Parliament to create a new law which establishes a Health Commission for Asgardia with the purpose of creating the framework for Health and Wellness initiatives. Once we have the first draft through the system I will hopefully be able to post the example here. The establishment of a Commission instead of a Committee may allow us to work within the current Constitutional Committee Infrastructure Brian Froelke, Member of Parliament District 1