In-Flight Vital Signs Monitoring Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all those individuals and companies who supported this research project by donating their time and resources.


Ann Demaree, Director of Marketing, for providing us with the ProPaq 106, and all the gadgets that came with it.
Jerry Zion, for all his technical assistance and help during the AMDA meeting.
Joe Hass, for lending us the EKG simulator (which we still have).


David McKenas, MD, Medical Director at American Airlines, for giving us the opportunity to test the system on the ground and on the air.
Mike Meza, for his assistance on setting up the ground test in San Francisco.
Linda Campbell, RN, for being so supportive and "patient" during the flight-test.
Todd Degner, for his assistance with the approval of the Propaq by FAA authorities.
Nestor Kowalsky, MD, for giving us the opportunity to present our preliminary results at the AMDA meeting in Chicago, May 1997. Also for his assistance during the flight test.
B. L. Simpson, from aircraft maintenance for his help during the ground test at Dallas/Forth Worth.

FAA

Jerry Hordinsky, MD, for his assistance with the writing and submission of the protocol to AA. Also for his constant support and trust.


Jeff Saucedo, for his time and technical support in setting up the laptop to work with the AIRONE phone. We definitely would not have made it without him!.
David Danaee, VP of operations wireless technology for all his technical assistance when we were in Dallas/Fort Worth.


Richard Kraus, for letting us testing one the company's digital camera to send real time video and still pictures from the airplane.


Jo Lee, from Vocaltec, for providing all team members and recipient stations with a copy of Internet Conference Profesional so still pictures were able to be sent during the flight-test.


Marķa Victoria Silvestri , for her assistance and support to Hospital Santojanni, recipient station in Buenos Aires.