Mon, Feb 22, 2010
EastCare EC135 and EC145 Helos To Get Upgraded
Avionics
Becker Avionics announced that Pitt
County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) has selected the Becker Avionics
Digital Audio and Intercom System (DVCS6100) for installation in
their newly ordered EC135 and EC145 helicopters. EastCare is
a critical care air and ground transport service, based at PCMH in
Greenville, that provides both rapid transportation and advanced
medical care to critically ill and injured patients 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Rhonda Reeder, administrator for EastCare, stated, “We
selected the Becker Avionics DVCS6100 Digital Audio and Intercom
System for our new EC135 and EC145 helicopters because it provides
our pilots and med crews with state-of-the art digital technology,
superior sound quality, high reliability, and ease of
maintenance."
Becker Avionics DVCS6100
" Our air medical program is focused on safety and having
advanced technology systems on board our aircraft is vital to
accomplishing that goal, " continued Reeder. "Becker’s
reputation and leadership in the aircraft digital audio realm
convinced us to choose their system for our new aircraft. Our
partner, Air Methods Corporation, is installing the Becker system
on our aircraft at their high-tech and innovative Products Division
in Denver.”
As the flagship hospital for University Health Systems of
Eastern Carolina, PCMH serves as the teaching hospital for the
Brody School of Medicine at ECU and provides healthcare to more
than 1.2 million people in 29 counties.
File Photo of EC-145
EastCare supplements local emergency services through helicopter
and critical care ground unit service, neonatal transport and basic
life support transport. As part of University Health Systems,
EastCare is able to extend a high level of trauma service and
specialized medical expertise throughout the 29-county region.
Their transport teams are located throughout the region and can
depart within five minutes of receiving a call.
EastCare’s helicopters, operated by Air Methods
Corporation, are self-contained emergency treatment centers with
advanced trauma and life support equipment for one patient. They
operate in a range of 150 miles to and from Greenville without
refueling and can fly directly to the scene of an accident or
disaster.
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