Syscom and Shock Trauma

[mondaro]

Good Morning,

Just wondering if I want to monitor Syscom and Shock Trauma what are the suggested Freq's and PL Tones.
I have high end scanner a 436 and a 536 from Uniden.

Also what talkgroup does Baltimore Fire EMS Medics use for notifications into Shock Trauma.

I look at the old threads I started a couple of years ago but I am sure there been changes
since the first system is now up and running.

I will be monitoring from downtown Baltimore just two blocks east of Shock Trauma near
Camden Yards.

Thank You.

Tony

 

[troymail]

You might hear some SysCom activity on several different systems/frequencies:

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=3370

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=582

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7214

Baltimore City has MED channels on their system for hospital consultation:

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=6906 (C6 Call 21 etc.)

 

[mondaro]

Troy,

Thank U.

Tony

 

[boatbod]

Most consults take place either on the MIEMSS uhf frequencies or the FiRST 76xx tgids.

 

[troymail]

Most consults take place either on the MIEMSS uhf frequencies or the FiRST 76xx tgids.

Not exactly - most jurisdictions in the Baltimore area use talkgroups on their own trunk systems to communicate with MIEMSS. The FiRST talkgroups are currently a "shore thing" for the most part. I suspect fairly rural (Western Maryland?) areas may still be using the UHF channels.

 

[ocguard]

Good Morning,

Just wondering if I want to monitor Syscom and Shock Trauma what are the suggested Freq's and PL Tones.
I have high end scanner a 436 and a 536 from Uniden.

Also what talkgroup does Baltimore Fire EMS Medics use for notifications into Shock Trauma.

I look at the old threads I started a couple of years ago but I am sure there been changes
since the first system is now up and running.

I will be monitoring from downtown Baltimore just two blocks east of Shock Trauma near
Camden Yards.

Thank You.

Tony

The answer is multi-part. If you are interested in hearing only calls into shock trauma where the trauma doctor is consulted (called a "trauma line"), you can listen to the frequency that connects the trauma doctor's portable radio with the EMRC system. Below is an explanation from another thread regarding this system. It's low-power and can only e head from the immediate vicinity of the STC.

The frequency used by Shock Trauma to allow the trauma doctor on duty to be connected with SYSCOM/EMRC is colloquially known as "Med5.5" because it sits half-way between Med 5 and Med 6 (those med channels aren't used in the Baltimore Metro area to avoid co-channel interference in the wide-band days). The frequency is 463.1125/468.1125 PL167.9. . As DisasterGuy mentioned, it's used by EMRC to patch an incoming transport unit (air or ground) into the trauma doctor, regardless of where s/he is located on the UMMC Downtown campus. Any time a transporting unit requests a "trauma line" with Shock Trauma, they are connected to the base station in the TRU, and via Med5.5 with the trauma doctor, and a warble tone is sounded to alert the doctor to an incoming consult. If a transporting unit is requesting "information only" with Shock Trauma, only the base station in the TRU is connected and there is no warble tone.

To monitor BCFD's medic units calling into the STC, listen to their 800mhz P25 system, talk groups C7 and C8. You'll also hear every other call BCFD medic units make into other hospitals, because these are assigned dynamically based on need.