UNSPSC 42171807: Mobile medical services heimlich maneuver assist devices

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a heimlich maneuver assist device during a mobile medical services procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42171807 Mobile medical services heimlich maneuver assist devices (Commodity) does not reflect the actual work being solicited by state and local governments under this code. Recent state and local contract opportunities tagged with this code span a broad and unrelated mix of emergency medical services equipment, supplies, and services—automated chest compression devices, remote interpreting services, EMS transport partnerships, first aid medical supplies, occupational health surveillance, AED batteries, pharmacy benefit management, medical pharmaceuticals and consumables, ventilator maintenance, medical supplies for emergency dispensing points, computer-aided dispatch systems, medical director services, law enforcement equipment, and intraosseous infusion systems. The abstract code name appears disconnected from the solicitation activity; the opportunities do not center on heimlich maneuver assist devices or even a coherent commodity family. Instead, the code appears to be catching a wide range of mobile or emergency-response medical procurements that fall outside their proper taxonomy homes, suggesting systematic miscoding or a catch-all application at the issuing-body level.

The issuing-body mix includes county governments (Escambia County, Sarasota County, Hillsborough County, Bernalillo County, Williamson County, Clay County, Marion County, Henry County, Orange County, Florida), cities (City of Dallas, City of South Fulton, City of Tucson, City of DeLand), state agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries, State of Texas, Ohio Board of Health), special-purpose districts (University Medical Center of El Paso), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell). The geographic spread spans Florida, Texas, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Washington, Ohio, and New Jersey, with no clear regional concentration. Recent representative opportunities include Williamson County's sole-source procurement of EZ-IO intraosseous infusion needles, stabilizers, and drills (RFB 26SS60, due July 7, 2026); Bernalillo County's request for bids on approximately 266 core EMS medical products valued at roughly $240,000 annually (RFB 46-26-JM, due May 21, 2026); City of Tucson Fire Department's RFP for BLS and ALS pharmaceuticals, supplies, and VendNovation vending machines under federally funded ARPA, HUD, and FTA grants with Section 3 labor requirements (due June 24, 2026); Hillsborough County's ITB for maintenance and repair services on 40 Vyaire Medical LTV 1200 ventilators (ITB 26-00275, due June 12, 2026, estimated $140,225 over three years); and Escambia County EMS's sole-source procurement of genuine Hamilton Medical consumables including ventilator circuit tubing and canister sets (due September 29, 2026). The code's appearance in this source suggests significant miscoding or misapplication by jurisdictions uploading opportunities to procurement platforms; activity meaningful to a business development professional lies in the specific equipment and service categories named above, not in the nominal UNSPSC definition.