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Naples Lawmaker’s Bill to Step Up Use of Heart-Shocking Devices Gets New Life
February 28, 2012“It was such a simple issue, and we get all bogged down with the privacy,” state Rep. Kathleen Passimomo said. “The person having the coronary doesn’t care. Can you imagine if someone died because the 9-1-1 dispatcher couldn’t call the clubhouse?”
Read full articleRevved Up to Treat Strokes
January 23, 2012Key message: If you recognize a stroke, call 9-1-1. As part of the emergency stroke system, 911 dispatchers and paramedics are trained to identify possible stroke cases, looking for obvious signs like drooping on one side of the face, weakness on one side of the body and slurred speech.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers Can Save More Lives by Coaching Bystanders in CPR
January 9, 2012Statement Highlights:
• Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR.
• If more dispatchers followed these processes, thousands of lives could be saved every year.
• Communities should regularly evaluate 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers’ performance and the overall emergency response system, according to a new American Heart Association statement.
James City County Honors 2 Telecommunicators for Lifesaving CPR Instructions
August 25, 2011JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va., Aug. 17, 2011 — What did you do today? How did you make a difference in someone’s life? James City County recently honored two public safety communications officers for their excellent work in providing lifesaving CPR instructions.
Read full articleShelby Gloude’s Second Career: Dispatcher
July 13, 2011It’s never too late in life to change your career. In her early 40s, Shelby Gloude returned to her hometown to become a public safety dispatcher with the Portsmouth (Va.) Police Department. Fast forward more than 16 years, and Gloude is a supervisor who is active in and passionate about the profession.
Read full articleFather, Dispatcher Saved Drowning Girl with CPR
July 13, 2011Winn, Maine — The toddler who fell into a shallow well Saturday afternoon was unresponsive when pulled out by her father, who saved her life by doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her with help from a Penobscot Regional Communications Center dispatcher.
Read full articleConfusion Hampered 9-1-1 Response in Boy’s Brush with Camel
May 23, 2011Knoxville, Tenn. — A few more details — but not all of the answers — are emerging from a Thursday incident in which emergency medical personnel were not allowed inside the Knoxville Zoo to treat a boy who had been injured by a camel.
Read full articleBaby Delivery in Watsonville, Calif., Guided by 9-1-1 Dispatcher
March 17, 2011Santa Cruz, Calif. — Edgar Sandoval was frantic. His wife, Mirtha Padilla, was going into labor with their second child at their home on Cirvelo Street in Watsonville – but there wasn’t enough time to get to Sutter Hospital in Santa Cruz where she was due to deliver.
Read full articleWest Virginia Developing Electronic Medical Registry
February 23, 2011West Virginians will be able soon to convey their end-of-life choices electronically with paramedics, emergency room physicians and other health care providers. A project being coordinated by the West Virginia Center for End of Life Care and the West Virginia Health Information Network, or WVHIN, is now in the development stage with pilot programs scheduled to begin later this year.
Read full articleDakota County 9-1-1 Dispatchers Have Helped Deliver Seven Babies in the Past Year
January 18, 2011Minneapolis — As an emergency dispatcher for more than 25 years, Diane Lind of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office never had to help deliver a baby by phone. But, as the supervisor of the Dakota County Communications Center, Lind has experienced a population explosion of baby delivery assistance calls made by her dispatchers.
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