HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/2/2001 - STAFF REPORTS (11) DATE: May 2, 2001
TO: City Council
FROM Procurement Manager and Fire Chief
AWARD PURCHASE OF MANUAL/ADVISORY DEFIBRILLATOR
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve the purchase of a manual/advisory defibrillator and related
attachments, from Zoll Medical Corporation in the amount of$12,188,62, plus freight.
SUMMARY:
Fire Department paramedics utilize a manual/advisory defibrillator to treat victims of heart failure while
providing advanced life support services to the community.The Fire Department needs a second defibrillator
to assure the readiness of the paramedics to provide such services.
BACKGROUND:
In providing Advanced Life Support(paramedic)service to the community,the Palm Springs Fire Department
is governed by the policies and protocols of the Riverside County EMS Agency.The County's EMS Agency
requires paramedic programs like the City's to have a certain inventory of life support equipment on hand.
Included in the required inventory is a manual/advisory defibrillator.
The manual/advisory defibrillator is an advanced life support product for the treatment of heart failure.
Paramedics are trained to interpret heart rhythms on the unit and administer electrical pulses to the heart.
The Fire Department currently utilizes a Zoll manual/advisory defibrillator. Since the City's paramedics are
required to provide twenty-four hour-a-day, seven day-a-week service and an in-service defibrillator is
mandated by County protocols, the Fire Department needs to acquire a back-up defibrillator.
The Fire Department and Procurement and Contracting recommend acquiring a second Zoll defibrillator,
identical to the existing unit, to simplify training, operational, and maintenance requirements.
Funds are available forthe purchase in the Fire-Safety Augmentation ,Specialized Equipment Account(121-
3523-50015).
HAROLD E. GOOD BARY A. FR ET
Procurement Manager Fire Chief
APPROVED,
City Manager REVIEWED BY RT.OF FINANCE
Attachment- (1) Minute Order 1K
MINUTE ORDER NO. 6844
APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF
A MANUAUADVISORY DEFI-
BRILLATOR AND RELATED
ATTACHMENTS FROM ZOLL
MEDICAL CORPORATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $12,188.62, PLUS
FREIGHT.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving the purchase of a
manual/advisory defibrillator and related attachments from Zoll Medical
Corporation in the amount of $12,188.82, plus freight, was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the
2nd day of May, 2001,
PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk