Is it possible that anyone here knows what frequencies the Elgin Fire Ambulances use to communicate and send telemetry on to local (Sherman/St. Joe's) hospitals?
ELGIN, ILLINOIS AMBULANCES
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As far as I know, pretty much all suburban fire dept ambulances use cell phones (or mobile data/LTE/4G) for ambo to hospital and telemetry communications. You can try 155.340, 155.400 and the UHF MED channels, but unless you're in Chicago, those channels are extremely quiet.
ILjim is right. I go over there nearly every week to visit and after they are done being dispatched on the Starcom21 talkgroups 1551 etc .. I hear them talking with the various hospitals enroute on the old, traditional analog Mercy Freqs he listed. 155.400, 155.340 I haven't heard them on the UHF MED channels. I only hear Chicago stuff on those.
Thanks, guys! DUH...I forgot about that new-fangled technology! Are you saying that I might hear things on those frequencies that you mentioned, here in Elgin?
You'll hear them describe the situations en-route, you won't "hear" any telemetry like 12 lead/EKG stuff or data transmitted by the ambulances to the Hospital. Yeah, I hear them talking all the time to Sherman and the other hospitals in the area on Mercy Freqs.
MERCI is used for BLS runs... Basic Life Support. ALS runs are done by cell phone...
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