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Board approves Lifepak modem purchase so ambulances can transmit EKGs to hospitals
Summary
Supervisors approved a sole‑source purchase of Lifepak modems and access cables to allow the county’s Lifepak monitors to transmit patient data to regional hospitals; county EMS leaders said the modems are necessary because local laptops could not link reliably to the new monitors.
The Board of Supervisors approved a sole‑source procurement for Lifepak modems and access cables for the county’s new Lifepak monitors after Chief Balderson told the board the monitors cannot reliably transmit patient data through the department’s laptop setup.
What was approved: The purchase will buy modems and access port cables that allow the Lifepak 35 monitors to send 12‑lead cardiac data…
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