Local Ohio EMS/Fire Agencies Learn New Ways to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survivability from Rialto Experience

CHELMSFORD, MASS.—ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that several EMS and fire organizations from across Ohio participated in a ZOLL-sponsored Resuscitation Boot Camp in an effort to learn new techniques to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Survival from out-of-hospital SCA in the U.S. stands at less than 10% and results in an estimated 350,000 deaths annually.  The boot camp training session, utilizing ZOLL’s resuscitation devices that each of these departments presently uses, was taught by Fire Chief Sean Grayson and EMS Chief Joe Powell of the Rialto Fire Dept. (Calif.). Their department experienced a dramatic increase in patient survival just two years after implementing their “Cardiac Arrest Tool Box.” The day-long session, held May 17 at the Marriott Columbus Northwest, Dublin, focused on new approaches to the treatment of cardiac arrest. This included training on the pit crew method, in which each crew member has clearly established roles and responsibilities prior to or on arrival of each cardiac arrest. “We nearly tripled our survival rate by employing the Cardiac Arrest Tool Box and the pit crew approach,” said Chief Grayson. “Clear, concise communication, trusting in your team members, and direct leadership maximizes efficiency and minimizes wasted effort and communication,”  "Reviewing and revising our approach...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Industry News Source Type: news