EMS

In Motion Technology has taken an innovative approach to designing and developing a future-proof mobile communications system for the public safety market. Public safety professionals need a communications solution that provides access for multiple devices and applications, in a multi-network environment. Employees are using a myriad of communications devices and applications, and being able to communicate while “in motion” is often a matter of life and death.

Until now, EMS providers have purchased cell phones, PDAs or modems to address their communications requirements. These provide a short term solution for individual devices or applications communicating over a single network. As the number of devices and applications increase, EMS teams recognize that no network provides complete coverage, and a new approach is needed. By leveraging standards-based networking technology to provide a more effective approach to mobile broadband networking, the onBoard Vehicle Area Network provides a secure, reliable and cost effective communications platform for workers In Motion!

Richmond Ambulance Authority - Case Study

In 1991, the City of Richmond, Virginia created the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) to oversee all emergency and non-emergency transport in the city. In 1994, RAA became the first ambulance service on the east coast of the United States to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) and in 2000, it was awarded another three-year accreditation. In 2001, the National Academy of Emergency Dispatch named RAA’s Communications Center an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE), making the Authority one of only four services in the world to hold both the CAAS and ACE designations.

In 2004, RAA realized the emergency response industry was about to experience a shift away from simple transportation towards mobile information technology (IT). RAA’s ability to extend their “headquarters” IT resources and the intelligence of its customers’ emergency room to the paramedics in the field would significantly improve operational effectiveness. Not only would this increase productivity and effectiveness, but it would also shift the industry’s “state of the art”. As RAA worked through strategic IT planning it identified nearly a dozen applications that would be part of this “mobile IT” transformation and quickly realized that traditional “remote access” solutions were not going to be adequate for their mission critical communications requirements... Read More