James Broselow (born January 12, 1943) is an American

emergency physician An emergency physician (often called an "ER doctor" in the United States) is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for ill patients. The emergency physician is a specialist in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life suppo ...

, an assistant professor, an inventor and an entrepreneur. He and fellow emergency physician Robert Luten, M.D., are best known in the medical community for inventing the

Broselow Tape The Broselow Tape, also called the Broselow pediatric emergency tape, is a color-coded length-based tape measure that is used throughout the world for pediatric emergencies. The Broselow Tape relates a child's height as measured by the tape to th ...

in 1985, which was the first tool developed relating a pediatric patient's height to their weight in order to “determine the size of equipment, supplies, and dosages of medication to use…” during emergencies. The Broselow Tape is featured in many medical textbooks and reference manuals as the standard for length based weight measures. Currently, Broselow serves as the chief medical officer of eBroselow, LLC, a company he co-founded in 2009 that has developed the Artemis solution,Description of the Artemis System
on eBroselow.com an electronic and digital drug dosing and tracking system and medical device for emergency medical services and emergency rooms. The company's mission is to save lives by simplifying acute care while reducing medical errors. He is also a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, where he explores, develops and communicates about new approaches to pediatric emergency medicine.

Early years

Broselow was born in

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(NJ), United States, to Benjamin and Charlotte Broselow. He grew up in Franklinville, NJ. He obtained his undergraduate degree in

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from

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in 1965 and his medical degree from the

New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was a state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It was founded as the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1954, and by the 1980s was both a major ...

in 1969.

Medical career

After graduating from medical school, Broselow became

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as a family physician and entered private practice in

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, United States. Through his work in private practice he became interested in

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and in 1980, moved to

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where he practiced emergency medicine in three community hospitals: Lincoln County Hospital, Cleveland Memorial, and Catawba Valley Medical Center. He retired from clinical practice in 2006.

Inventions and entrepreneurial work

Broselow Holds 12 patents related to safe emergency treatment of children. He started several businesses including Broselow Medical Technologies, LLC in the 1990s and presently is founding partner of eBroselow, LLC.
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- Measuring tape for directly determining physical treatment and physiological values (also EP0220860A2, EP0220860A3 and EP0220860B1)
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- Measuring tape for directly determining physical treatment and physiological values and procedures
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- Therapeutic apparatus
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- Universal medication dosing system (also EP0983761A3 and EP0983761A2)
US 2006/0000480 A1
- Method of infusing a therapeutic fluid into a patient
US 2006/0137696 A1
- Zone-based pediatric and veterinary dosing system
US 2007/0061164 A1
- Healthcare information storage system
US 2008/0257895 A1
- Plate with holder for a beverage container
US 2010/0057488 A1
- Method for determining medical treatment values without data entry
EP0343874 A1
- Therapeutic apparatus
EP0343874 B1
- Therapeutic apparatus
EP1539274A4
- Color-coded medical dosing container (also US20040024368 and US6764469)

Awards and recognition

In 2012, Broselow received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the

Institute for Safe Medication Practices The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is an American 501(c)(3) organization focusing on the prevention of medication errors and promoting safe medication practices. It is affiliated with the ECRI Institute ECRI (originally founded ...

Personal

Broselow lives in

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, North Carolina with his wife Millie.

References

External links

eBroselow.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Broselow, James 1943 births 20th-century American inventors 21st-century American inventors American emergency physicians American businesspeople Living people University of Florida faculty People from Woodbury, New Jersey People from Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey People from Hickory, North Carolina People from Frankenmuth, Michigan