About · EmendaKit AS

Innovation through knowledge and experience.

EmendaKit AS was founded in 2022 in Florø, on the west coast of Norway. The company was started by healthcare professionals who have worked in acute situations themselves, and who wanted more systematic, quality-assured ways to store medicines and medical equipment.

Background

It started with an emergency.

The starting point was an incident in 2019, when a patient went into anaphylactic shock. The experience made it clear that emergency equipment had to be easier to find and faster to put to use.

Kjersti Grinde, a midwife at the women's clinic at Helse Førde, looked for a better anaphylaxis kit for her own department. When she could not find a suitable solution on the market, she developed one herself, in collaboration with a resource group of doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

After thorough development and testing, Helse Førde purchased 120 kits in spring 2023. The same year, anaesthetist Gregers Halvorsen became co-owner.

The name

Emenda + Kit

Emenda comes from Old Norse and means to systematise, mend and put in order. The name describes what we do: bringing order and system to emergency readiness.

The team

Two clinicians behind every kit.

Co-founder · Midwife

Kjersti Grinde

Midwife with professional development and medical simulation as specialist areas. Designed EmendaKit for the departments where she has worked herself.

Co-founder · Anaesthetist

Gregers Halvorsen

Anaesthetist at Helse Førde, with experience from air ambulance work and medical simulation.

Want to know more about EmendaKit?

Get in touch for an informal conversation about anaphylaxis kits or custom solutions for your department.

Email Kjersti → See the anaphylaxis kits