City of Tucson Channel 12 has posted a video interview with Dr. Latifi, officials of the City of Tucson, and City Fire Department personnel. You may view this video by clicking the link below. David Ridings, Assistant Chief, Tucson Fire Department, reports that the Phase I system testing for Tucson’s ER-Link has now been completed…
Save as PDFA live demonstration of Tucson Fire Department’s new ER-Link EMS Telemedicine system was presented to the attendees at Southern Arizona’s SATCOM meeting in July. Dr. Rifat Latifi delivered a presentation describing the first of its kind system that will be completed later this year. Dave Ridings, Asst. Chief of Tucson Fire/EMS and the Project Manager…
Save as PDFGeneral Devices, Ridgefield NJ, today announced it will enhance its Rosetta communications interfaces and CAREpoint EMS Workstation by making them interoperable with the Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator. These capabilities are made possible by a recent agreement between the two companies. Interoperability between these systems will enable paramedics to send 12-lead ECGs and other physiologic information…
Save as PDFA well attended System Showcase session at the 2006 NAEMSP Meeting in Tucson featured a preview of General Devices’ new e-Bridge™ EMS Telemedicine system soon to be deployed in Tucson, Arizona. Featured speakers were Dr. Cai Glushak of the University of Chicago, Dr. Rifat Latifi of the University of Arizona, and Dr. Raymond Fowler, Deputy…
Save as PDFGeneral Devices new e-Bridge™ system will be used in what will soon be the first operational EMS telemedicine system in country, Tucson Arizona’s ER-Link system. The e-Bridge™ system, with the CAREpoint™ EMS Workstation on the hospital side, and the Rosetta-VC™ in the ambulance, is expected to become operational later this year. It will manage the…
Save as PDFOn July 5th, 2005 General Devices and Zoll Medical Corporation announced an agreement under which the Zoll M Series™ Monitor/Defibrillator will be interoperable with the General Devices’ CAREpoint™ EMS Workstation and Rosetta™ family of data translators and communications interfaces. Users will be able to choose from a variety of communications means (cell phones, UHF, VHF…
Save as PDFThe new GEMSCOM NetManager™, configured specifically for Northwest Community Hospital is a fully automatic matrix patch system. Also at the hospital are two GEMS 2000 EMS communication consoles. Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois is one of the largest EMS systems in the Midwest and now relies on this system to provide essential EMS…
Save as PDFThe new 1.2 million-square-foot $551 million Cook County Hospital houses a new state-of-the-art Emergency Department and Trauma Center. The Department will receive a projected 124,000 E.D. visits annually. The original ‘E.R.’ was made famous by the acclaimed network TV series of the same name. Now it is one of the most advanced emergency care facilities…
Save as PDFThe Committee released a Report to Congress dated February 4, 2008 detailing the status of communications systems for EMS and health care systems. Click here to learn more about the Joint Advisory Committee Report. Save as PDF
Save as PDFOcean City EMS took delivery of 10 Rosetta-Lt™ data translators, which the progressive agency will use to transmit 12-Lead reports acquired by their LP12’s.The Rosetta-Lts plug into their ambulance UHF radios for transmitting over Maryland’s EMRC radio system. Rosetta-Rx™ Receiving units were also installed at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin and at Peninsula Regional Medical…
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