Jet Aviation recently signed a contract with Remote Diagnostic Technologies (RDT) to offer a passenger health monitoring system aboard aircraft managed and operated by Jet Aviation. The device, called the Tempus 2000, is manufactured by RDT and is said to be the world’s first portable diagnostic machine to be used on aircraft.

The Tempus 2000 sends a patient’s vital signs as well as video images via an in-built modem to

a 24-hour, ground-based medical team of physicians who specialise in aeronautical physiology. The device provides a twelve-lead electrocardiogram to assess heart function, and measures blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature, in addition to monitoring oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood. The Tempus 2000 is said to be the first remote medical monitoring device designed specifically for non-expert use during any medical incident onboard an aircraft.

“We can now offer this medical device together with trained crews to owners and operators of

aircraft,” said Jürg Reuthinger, vice president and general manager of aircraft management services for

Jet Aviation’s Europe, Middle and Far East locations.

“The use of this technology significantly increases the quality of on-board medical provisions, since the Tempus 2000 is capable of handling almost any in-flight medical incident, such as a child with asthma, a woman with angina, or a businessman experiencing a panic attack. All the ease-of-use features

on the device, such as integrated voice, full-color help screens, and remote control usage by ground based doctors, enable confident use by the crew, even on an intermittent basis,” said Graham Murphy, managing director of RDT.