Re: monitors

["Alejandro Cabrera , M.D." <spe@Prodigy.Net.mx>]

Air Evac equipment approved by the USAF , you may find it in Brooks Air
Force base website.
Alejandro Cabrera , M.D.
Medical Director.
Servicio Privado de Emergencia
ALS ambulances
Guadalajara , Mexico.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nerina Stepanovsky" <stepanovskyn@email.spjc.cc.fl.us>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: monitors


> The Air Force is currently using LifePak 10's and ProPaq monitors.  To my
> knowledge, these are the only 2 approved for air evac.
>
> Nerina Stepanovsky
> Flight Nurse/Paramedic, Tampa General Hospital Aeromed
> Lt Col, NC, USAFR-622 AES, MacDill AFB, FL
>
> At 09:09 AM 4/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >My preveous experiences with MRL monitors in flight have not been very
> >good.  I am not sure if they worked out the EMI problems and am not aware
> >if USAFSAM has approved it for Air Force use as of yet.(They do a lot of
> >research in this area)  I for one am interested in knowing more about
> >it.  Feel free to contact me at tbutler@tulsatech.org   Thanks
> >
> > >>> <RNCCT@aol.com> 04/06/01 08:27AM >>>
> >Looking for anyone using or having looked at the new MRL monitors.  From
what
> >I have found, it appears to be one of the smallest user friendly monitors
on
> >the market today.  I know the FDA approval for invasive monitoring is
90-120
> >days away, but was curious if anyone else had any experience with this
unit?
> >
> >Feel free to respond off list, I will forward responses to those
interested
>