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56 JULY 2016 | EMSWORLD.com events involved huge crowds of people (all using personal cell phones constantly), in atmospheres of heightened international security and massive media attention. Vendors at the event included: » John Bohike demonstrated DataSoft's AID or Automatic Injury Detection system. This plastic panel is inserted in the carrier of a ballistic vest. The small black sender in the lower left corner of the panel is a cellular transmitter. Within seconds of the panel being pierced by a projectile, it can report up to four wounds per panel to a land mobile radio (via Bluetooth), a cellular phone or a military radio. Visit www.datasoft.com. » ESChat provides a secure PTT utility and various other inci- dent management software for ruggedized phones like Sonim XP7 Android. (It's also Mac and iOS-compatible.) ESChat was used on Band 14 to coordinate the 2016 Rose Bowl, and was used interoper- The Sierra Wireless oMG Mobile Gateway creates a Wi-Fi "bubble" around a vehicle that connects it to the best available network. ADVERTISER INDEX Request Free Information at www.emsworld.com/e-inquiry COMPANY PAGE INQ # Abbott Point of Care 7 13 Bound Tree Medical, LLC 5 12 Breathing Air Systems 39 30 Columbia Southern University 34 28 Compression Works LLC 8 14 Compression Works LLC 41 31 Disaster Management Systems 20 20 Disaster Management Systems 27 24 Emergency Medical Products, Inc. 38 29 EMS World EXPO 36-37 Everglades University 53 39 Ferno 9 15 Ferno 11 16 Firehouse Expo 43 Graham Professional Medical 44 32 Kimtek Corporation 30 27 Lenoir Community College 13 17 Minto Research and Development 51 38 COMPANY PAGE INQ # Monumedical, LLC 47 35 NAEMT 24 25 Nasco 17 18 North American Rescue Products 22 22 North American Rescue Products 49 37 Quantum EMS 29 26 Rescue Essentials 21 21 Simulaids Inc 59 41 Skedco Inc. 25 23 Skedco Inc. 48 36 Taylor Healthcare Products 28 34 Techline Trauma 3 11 Vital Signs 53 40 World Trauma Symposium 45 Ziamatic Corporation 60 42 Z-Medica LLC 19 19 ZOLL 2 10 ably with the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department's P25 land radio system. Visit www.eschat.com. » Sierra Wireless InMotion Solutions exhibited a number of hardware and software offerings, including a mobile communica- tions gateway the size of a book. Mountable in the trunk of a squad car or under the seat of an ambulance, it creates a Wi-Fi "bubble" around a vehicle that connects it to the best available network—LTE Band 14 for public safety, with fallback to commercial LTE networks. Visit www.sierrawireless.com/gatewaysolutions. » TRX Systems provides NEON Personnel Tracker, an indoor 3D personnel locating system that uses pager-sized sensors, Windows- based command software and an Android app to dynamically map the movement of personnel once they enter a structure. Visit www. TRXsystems.com. » Unmanned Aircraft Systems exhibited a 24-inch, $75,000 Canadian unmanned quadcopter as one of a number of poten- tial on-scene aircraft. Its (video and still) cameras, struts, motors, rotors, battery and electronics are all field-replaceable as individual modules. It can stay airborne for 45 minutes, has a functional line- of-sight range of 1 kilometer, and can be digitally controlled from a tablet. This device has been used at a range of up to seven miles. Visit www.unmannedexperts.com. A B O U T T H E A U T H O R Thom Dick has been a passionate advocate of sick people and the safety of their field caregivers since 1970. He has written hundreds of articles and three books on those subjects, including the People Care books. You can reach Thom via Facebook, or at boxcar414@comcast.net.