Biomedical Equipment & Engineering Services Co. Inc.
(BEESCO) started business in 1983 as Biomedical
Equipment Services Co., a service company, offering
equipment repair, preventative maintenance and
safety inspections of patient monitors in office
based surgical and medical practices. In January
2005, Biomedical Equipment Service Co. became
Biomedical Equipment & Engineering Services Co. Inc.
In 2000 BEESCO Inc. designed the PharmGuard ®,
an environmental control system as a solution to the
extreme temperature exposures of pharmaceuticals
carried in EMS vehicles. The PharmGuard®,
maintains temperatures between 59º F and 75º F
inside of a well insulated drug storage cabinet in
an EMS vehicle. The PharmGuard ®, is
currently used by a numerous fire and EMS agencies
in Virginia. These include Providence Forge
Volunteer Rescue Squad, Henrico Rescue Squad, York
County Fire and EMS, Manchester Rescue, Tuckahoe
Rescue Squad, Forest View Rescue, Goochland County
Fire Rescue, City of Newport News Fire and EMS
Services, City of Hampton Fire Rescue and New Kent
Fire and Rescue Services. Numerous emergency
vehicle manufacturers are currently installing the
PharmGuard ® system in new vehicles.
These include Wheeled Coach, Lifeline Emergency
Vehicles, American LaFrance, Medix Specialty
Vehicles, Excellance Co, Taylor Made Ambulance Co,
and Road Rescue Systems. Currently there are two
hundred PharmGuard ® systems in use in
the United States.
Russell S. Hummel, III is the president of
Biomedical Equipment and Engineering Services Co.
Inc. Mr. Hummel earned a BS degree in Electrical
Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1977 and a Masters
Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Medical
College of Virginia in 1992. He is a Certified
Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) He became an
EMT in 1973 and has been a Nationally Registered
Paramedic since 1982. Mr. Hummel retired as an
Assistant Professor of Surgery from the VCU Medical
System ( MCV) in August 2006. He is a life member
of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad as well as the
Providence Forge Volunteer Rescue Squad where he
continues to serve as an EMT-paramedic.
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