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N ~vI[~ Manufacturers and Distributors." Send information on new productsand services to: New ProductGuide, AeroMedicaIJournal, P.O. Box I026, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Noninvasive Pacemaker The Zoll NTP TM is a new genera- tion emergency pacing device that eliminates the need for emergency transvenous pacing wire insertions. Built-in batteries provide two hours of portable operation. Features include a large screen monitor and recorder, which make this unit appropriate for cardiac transport applications. From ZMI Corpora- tion, Cambridge, Mass. Acoustic Stethoscope The Am~itech V ~ is a new con- cept in auscultation. Non-electronic technology allows the user to obtain vital signs through clothing, dress- ings, or in high ambient noise situations. The durability and light weight of this product make it appropriate for use in emergency care. From Amplified Technology, inc., Suisun, Calif. Burn Treatment Kit This kit includes two 1,000 ml units of sterile water for irrigation, two disposable sterile burn sheets, two pair of disposable sterile exam gloves, and two 3/4 oz. cans of top- ical anesthetic burn spray. All contents come in a puncture resistant, polyethylene carrying case. From Rockford Medical & Safety Company, Rockford, IlL Conversion Kit This conversion kit is designed for Laerdal portable suction units, and allows them to be powered by LIFE- PAK5-type monitor/defibrillator batteries. The unit is slightly larger than a monitor battery and mounts inside the carrying case of both old and new models. It provides more than 45 minutes of continuous "working strength" suction. From Rustronics, Inc., Palm Beach Gar- dens, Fla. The Foundation for the Advancement of Continuing Education Technology (FACET), which provides the Professional Upgrading System for Nurses TM, has announced a new program offering up to 10 scholarships valued at $1,000 for working nurses in the U.S. who are currently enrolled in either an ASN or BSN program. Applica- tions must be received by March 31st and applicants must prove employment and enrollment in an NLN-accredited program. FACET also offers a fellowship program which offers five $1,000 awards annually to research the development of programs that make degrees attainable to working nurses. If you are a BSN working on a Master's degree and would like to be considered for this award, send a CV for an application. Deadline for the fellowships is April 30, 1987. For more information about FACET, write, FACET, 279 S. Beverly Drive, #1034, Beverly Industry Newsis a regular department featuring the peopleand eventsof the Aero- medical industry, Send releases to Industry News, AeroMedicalJournal,/~O. Box 1026, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Hills, CA 90212. Please include a self- addressed, stamped envelope. Coastal Aviation Services, Inc., of Tal- lahassee, FL., recently replaced the Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center's LIFE FLIGHT Medical helicopter with a new MBB BO-105 Twin Jet helicopter. According to the company, the twin engine aircraft offers advantages such as an addi- tional lighting system for night accident site landing, storm scope for hazardous weather avoidance, increased load capacity for medi- cal supplies and fuel for extended operating range, as well as better Flight Instruments and Avionic equipment for direct navigation. LIFE FLIGHT has airlifted over 4,000 patients from the tri-state area and has logged over 300,000 aeromedical air miles since its inau- gural flight in 1982. After nearly four years in operation, UCLA Med-Star, based at the UCLA Emer- gency Medicine Center in Los Angeles, California, has expanded into a comprehen- sive aeromedical transport service with international capabilities. The service utilizes twin turbo prop and piston aircraft, Lear jets, and the Agusta ]09 Mkll helicopter, to per- form medical flights on a regional, national, and international basis. Samaritan Air Evac, one of the nation's busiest aeromedical programs, has added one pilot to each of the three-man crews that operate their helicopters. This follows recom- mendations made after the completion of a pilot staffing evaluation conducted jointly by Air Evac management, Pumpkin Air of Addison, Texas, the supplier of pilots and aircraft for the program, and the pilots themselves. The program averages approxi- mately 300 missions a month, and up to now, pilots worked a minimum of 55.5 hours a week. Under the new arrangement, pilots will work 41.5 hours a week. American Ambulance Association, the national association of private, tax-pay- ing pre-hospital care and medical transportation providers, has a new red, white and blue membership brochure. Presi- dent Robert Forbuss stated, "The AAA stands for professionalism and we want all pre-hospital care and medical transportation providers to share that ethic with us." The brochure is an attempt to build membership and expand their "quality assurance and public education efforts." A~.]I MARCH/APRIL 1987 29
