"CPR"
New Telecommunicator CPR Digital Training, Education Programs Meet Legislatively Mandated Course Requirements for Telecommunicators
May 27, 2022DALLAS, May 26, 2022 – RQI Partners LLC, the partnership between the American Heart Association® and Laerdal Medical, announced today…
Read full articleRQI Partners and FirstWatch Combine Resuscitation Quality Improvement Solution, Analytics and Data to Help Save More Lives
July 8, 2021DALLAS, July 8, 2021 – More than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the U.S. annually. About 90% of people…
Read full articleUpdated American Heart Association Guidelines Recommend Mobile Technology To Alert Bystanders
October 28, 2020PLEASANTON, CA (October 23, 2020)—The 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)…
Read full articleRQI Partners and IAFC aim to double out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
February 27, 2020DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2020 – The American Heart Association states more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States annually….
Read full articleTelecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
February 25, 2020Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association – Endorsed by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Read full articleFree PulsePoint Respond App to Empower CPR-Heroes in Pierce County
December 5, 2019Today, South Sound 911 and all 19 local fire agencies in Pierce County are partnering to launch PulsePoint Respond to…
Read full articleNew CPR Guidelines Recommend Using Social Media and Mobile Technology to Speed Bystander CPR in Sudden Cardiac Arrests
October 16, 2015For the first time, CPR guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend that communities consider using social media and mobile app technology to alert CPR responders when someone nearby suffers sudden cardiac arrest. The new guidelines cite studies that show emerging mobile technologies can result in a “higher rate of bystander-initiated CPR.”
Read full articlePasco 9-1-1 Telecommunicator Helps Man Save Dad with CPR
May 27, 2015Lauren Bertke, a Pasco County emergency communications worker, is being lauded for her efforts in helping a caller use CPR to resuscitate and save the life of his father.
Read full articleCommunications Specialist Uses APCO EMD Guide Cards to Save Toddler’s Life
July 17, 2013On Saturday, July 13, Flagler County (FL) Sheriff’s Communications Specialist Genice Caccavale received a phone call from Alicia Fennell who…
Read full articlePre-Arrival CPR: Denial Sparks Controversy
March 7, 2013“It was truly upsetting listening to the 9-1-1 call about the incident and knowing that the caller was a medically trained person who was under orders not to provide medical treatment,” says APCO Life Member Mark Pallans, a communications consultant in North Las Vegas, Nev. “But if a plain, ordinary citizen had made that same call would be the uproar still be there?”
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