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Press Release
Issued by NetJets, Inc..
November 26, 2013
NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and the worldwide leader in private aviation for nearly 50 years, announced today that the company is partnering with Remote Diagnostic Technologies Ltd to add a new safety feature to all super midsize and large cabin NetJets Signature Series aircraft by equipping them with the Tempus IC medical device.
The Tempus IC is a lightweight, compact telemedicine device that uses the plane's onboard satellite communication capability to connect to a doctor on the ground in the event of a medical emergency. The device enables trained medical experts to begin helping the crew and passengers within minutes of a medical incident occurring on board, especially in remote areas or on long flights, such as flying over the ocean. The Tempus device provides real time video, voice and clinical grade vital signs including a diagnostic EKG, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, blood sugar, breath gas, blood oxygen and respiration levels. The Signature series Bombardier Global 5000, 6000 and Challenger 350 and 605 aircraft, both in the U.S. and Europe, will all be equipped with the Tempus device as these are the Signature series aircraft most likely to perform long-range flights within remote airspace.
“NetJets prides itself on having the highest safety standards in private aviation,” said NetJets global chief operating officer Bill Noe. “We have further enhanced that commitment with the Tempus device to provide a virtual 24/7/365 doctor for our passengers and crewmembers, particularly when they may not be within close range of a suitable medical emergency landing site.”
Noe added, “This is yet another example of our decades of demonstrated commitment to providing unmatched safety and security for our customers, who expect and deserve no less from us. We are adding this life saving device globally on all of our new long range aircraft. When it comes to safety, NetJets never compromises.”
“This kind of control over a medical emergency is paramount when you may only have minutes to act,” said Graham Murphy, RDT ceo. “This exciting technology allows doctors to see exactly what is happening with the patient on the aircraft and help the crew deal with a possible emergency swiftly and based on medical fact.”
Tempus IC is the only vital signs telemedicine-enabled system 510k cleared to market for use by lay people, even enabling a non-medical person to collect and transmit a diagnostic 12 lead electrocardiogram to the MedAire medical support service specially set up and designed for this type of remote medical support.
NetJets safety standards meet, and in most cases exceed, FAA regulatory requirements. From NetJets' FAA-type-rated pilots for every aircraft type, dual-release system, biannual simulator sessions, superior flight attendant training, FAA-approved in-house meteorologists, international flight planners to the state-of-the-art aircraft and FAA Diamond award winning maintenance program, NetJets is an industry leader in flight safety. Additionally, NetJets is the first and only private aviation company to achieve level IV of the FAA's Safety Management System Pilot Program.