Bavarian Red Cross Selects LIFEPAK® Monitor/Defibrillators

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Germany’s Rettungsdienst
Bayern has announced that it will equip its emergency response
fleets with monitor/defibrillators from Physio-Control. The ambulance
service is one of the largest in Western Europe, and makes more than
3,000 emergency calls per day, on average, supplying approximately 80
percent of ambulance services throughout Bavaria. The organization will
purchase up to 450 Physio-Control LIFEPAK 15 and 150 LIFEPAK 1000
devices to supply its operational divisions. The selection was the
result of a competitive procurement process managed by the Bavarian Red
Cross on behalf of the Rettungsdienst Bayern.

“Equipping more than 90% of our emergency service teams in Bavaria with
LIFEPAK devices is an important step for us to provide the best possible
patient care in the future. The high performance, reliability and
robustness of LIFEPAK devices related to overall cost led us to choose
Physio-Control,” said Johann-Peter Hausl, head of EMS at the Bavarian
Red Cross.

With this selection, Physio-Control expands its market presence in
Germany. Physio-Control devices purchased by the Rettungsdienst Bayern
will now be used at all local Bavarian emergency services: the Bavarian
Red Cross, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe, Malteser Hilfsdienst, Arbeiter
Samariter Bund and city of Munich fire brigade, as well as private
ambulance services across the German state of Bavaria.

The organization’s large-scale central procurement tender process allows
for standardized implementation of devices and training throughout the
emergency services in the coming months. The LIFEPAK 15
monitor/defibrillator’s integrated 12-lead ECG transmission option
allows devices to connect to the state wide telemedicine system using
the Physio-Control LIFENET^® System already in use in a large
percentage of clinics across Bavaria. With LIFENET, EMS services are
able to transmit the electrocardiogram of a patient with a suspected
myocardial infarction to the appropriate hospital in advance. Hospitals
are then able to mobilize hospital care teams and to prepare necessary
treatments before the patient arrives.

“It is an honor to serve as technical partner to the Rettungsdienst
Bayern for their advanced life support and basic life support solutions
and devices,” said Mathieu Badard, Vice President General Manager
EMEA, Physio-Control. “The procurement process was rigorous and involved
important competitive decision criteria including technical
specifications, total investment and life-cycle costs, patient safety,
service and reliability.”

About Physio-Control

Physio-Control, Inc. (Redmond, Washington) was founded in 1955, operates
in over 100 countries and is the world’s leading provider of
professional emergency medical response solutions that predict or
intervene in life threatening emergencies. Company products include
LIFEPAK^® monitor/defibrillators and automated external
defibrillators, the LIFENET^® System, HealthEMS^®
electronic patient care reporting (ePCR) software, LUCAS^® 2
Chest Compression System, TrueCPR^TM coaching device and
PulsePoint bystander response application implementation. Information at www.physio-control.com,
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