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Town Council hears Stryker's EMS Plus proposal to replace monitors, lifts and stair chairs; ambulance fund cited as likely source
Summary
Stryker representatives presented an "EMS Plus" equipment and service proposal to the Town Council that would replace cardiac monitors, powered cots and stair chairs and provide preventive maintenance under a single annual payment.
Pierce Zubilak, a Stryker representative, and Tom McCauley, battalion chief and EMS chief for the St. John Fire/EMS Department, told the Town Council about a proposal to update EMS equipment through a multi‑year program Stryker calls "EMS Plus."
Zubilak explained the program was developed in response to customer needs — including expected FDA service‑life limits on devices, rising equipment prices and the nationwide paramedic shortage — and said EMS Plus bundles equipment replacement, trade‑ins and service coverage.
"What this does is it allows you to take that equipment, and you guys, as a department, as a board, get to choose what equipment gets thrown into that program, and then how long you wanna do that program for," Zubilak said, explaining departments can choose terms from one to seven…
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