Members Receive Life Safety Award for Cardiac Arrest Save |
By Deputy Fire Chief William Lawman Jr. | |
May 19, 2015 | |
Members from the Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and EMS along with two providers from DES received Life Safety Awards today from the Charles County Commissioners for a Cardiac Arrest call that Company 6 was dispatched to. On Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 1030 hours units were dispatched to the 17000 block of Cobb Island Road for the unconscious patient not breathing. Engine 61 and Paramedic Ambulance 68 marked up with a total of 10 personnel. Company 6 units arrived on the scene within minutes of being dispatched to find a patient in cardiac arrest and not breathing. The crew from Engine 61 and Paramedic Ambulance 68 worked vigorously to revive the patient through Advance Life Support (ALS) intervention and high quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) with the help from the LUCAS2 device. Life Safety Awards Presented To: Congratulations to ALL Awarded. Job Well Done! |
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