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Pre-Arrival CPR: Denial Sparks Controversy
March 7, 2013“It was truly upsetting listening to the 9-1-1 call about the incident and knowing that the caller was a medically trained person who was under orders not to provide medical treatment,” says APCO Life Member Mark Pallans, a communications consultant in North Las Vegas, Nev. “But if a plain, ordinary citizen had made that same call would be the uproar still be there?”
Read full articleInterAct Announces Release of Next Generation Mobility Platform for Its Mobile Applications
March 7, 2013InterAct’s new mobility platform supports a new graphical user interface with improved navigation while deepening workflow integration across InterAct mobile, CAD and RMS applications.
Read full articlePennsylvania’s Fastest Growing County Awards Harris Corp. $42 Million Contract to Modernize First Responder Communications
March 7, 2013Harris Corporation has received a $42 million contract from Chester County, Pennsylvania to deploy and maintain an emergency communications system that will deliver superior coverage, interoperability with surrounding radio systems and the capacity to meet future growth.
Read full articleEmergency CallWorks Next Generation E9-1-1 Calltaking Solution Deployed in Bell County, Texas
March 7, 2013Emergency CallWorks Inc. announced that it has recently deployed its Next Generation E9-1-1 Call Taking solution to Bell County Communications.
Read full articleAeroflex Announces the POCSAG Testing Option for the 3920 Series Radio Test Set
March 7, 2013Aeroflex Incorporated announced the POCSAG testing option for the 3920 Series Digital Radio Test Set.
Read full articleMaiden Flight of Cassidian’s ATLANTE Unmanned Air Vehicle in Spain
March 7, 2013Cassidian successfully performed the maiden flight of the ATLANTE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
Read full articleSegway Announces Development of a Three-Wheel Personal Transportation Device for the Public Safety Market
March 6, 2013Segway Inc. is pleased to announce the development of a new three-wheel personal transportation product targeted at the public safety market.
Read full articleEducate Kids on Appropriate 9-1-1 Etiquette
March 5, 2013Tim Lee, executive director of the Consolidated Communications Partnership, said teaching children when and why to call 9-1-1 is one of the best ways to reduce the number of unnecessary calls.
Read full articleCalif. Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses to Do CPR
March 5, 2013A nurse’s refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 9-1-1 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.
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