Cisco Cisco IPICS Release 4.6 Guía De Información
Customer Case Study
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When designing the RESCQ system, RI Hospital and CACI focused on mobility, simplicity of setup, and ease of use.
“We have developed numerous rapidly deployable communications systems for the U.S. Department of Defense that
involved satellite or unified communications, but this is the first solution we have offered that delivers all these
capabilities in a completely turnkey package,” says Ira Hostetter, business development manager, CACI. “The
design goal was to make communications completely operational with one click of a button.” For ease of storage and
shipping, RI Hospital decided to package the Cisco solution to fit on a secured, retrofitted, and strengthened
linen cart.
Results
Simplifies Setup and Operation of Emergency Communications
The system is designed so that anybody at the incident scene, including a passerby who wants to help, can establish
communications within 30 minutes by following the simple instructions. Other community volunteers can be given
Cisco Unified Wireless IP phones, which operate like cellular phones, to direct traffic and perform other useful tasks
that don’t require specialized training.
During solution testing, RI Hospital invited people without technical backgrounds to establish satellite
communications using the RESCQ system. “We observed as they worked, and iteratively revised the instructions to
make them very clear,” says Elaine Palm, enterprise network manager, Lifespan.
Simplifies Site-to-Site Communications
CACI designed the RESCQ system so that responders can dial the Cisco Unified IP phone on another system using
the same five-digit number, regardless of where the system is located. “Five-digit dialing is important because it
saves time, and every minute counts during emergency response,” says Palm.
Provides Business Continuity
When a mishap occurred during street construction, a Lifespan clinic in northern Rhode Island lost all inbound and
outbound communications. RI Hospital promptly delivered a RESCQ system, and communications were restored
within 30 minutes. Staff used Cisco Unified Wireless IP phones to continue to make and receive calls, and
connected wirelessly to the hospital network to access hospital clinical and administrative systems. “If we had not
had the RESCQ solution, communications would have been down for four hours, affecting patient care,” says
Hemendinger.
Supports Medical Triage
In the summer of 2009, Lifespan used RESCQ systems in a proof-of-concept for medical triage at the Rhode Island
National Guard Air Show. The state’s disaster medical assistance team and the military were each given a RESCQ
system to use for incident command, control, and communications. “Within minutes, we connected two separate
radio infrastructures, enabling collaborative incident command,” says Hemendinger. “Personnel were able to use the
system with nominal support and training.”
The medical team used the satellite-based voice and data network to
register patients when they arrived at the tent and to track them for the
duration of care. Both incident commands could reach each other by
phone or by radio. “Using the Cisco IPICS [IP Interoperability and
Collaboration System] on the RESCQ pallet, personnel carrying
inexpensive, consumer-grade radios could communicate directly with
other personnel using $4000 800-Mhz radios,” says Ginaitt. Spacenet,
the satellite services provider, tied together the local phone
companies, and performed without failure during 24 hours of testing.
PRODUCT LIST
Cisco Rapidly Deployable Communications
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Cisco Integrated Services Router
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Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Express
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Cisco IP Interoperability and
Collaboration System
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Cisco Unified IP Phones 7962 and 7942
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Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phones 7921
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Cisco Aironet
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1200 Series Wireless
Access Point