Looking at the 2009 Annual report for King County Washington EMS - we get this -
80% of residents near Seattle have received CPR training - many received it more than 5 years ago Cardiac arrests receiving bystander CPR has gone up over the last 5 years - I think it is as 30% now - maybe 40% Bystander CPR was received within 3 minutes on average Save rates are 50% in King County, versus 5% in other parts of the country (0% in some areas) BLS dispatch time is 30 seconds - ALS dispatch time is 3 minutes - WHAT????? BLS turnout and travel time is 5 minutes on average ALS turnout and travel time is 8 minutes on average Age of 80 and greater results in fewer saves - lack of timely CPR also results in fewer saves 100% of witnessed arrests can be saved with immediate CPR (did I read that right or am I imaging it?) King County had 1000 witnessed arrests in 2009 Apparently the police play a tiny role in EMS in King County I am not sure but I dont think that Seattle FD numbers are included in this report - the report is basically about the suburban ALS units ------------------------------- Looking at "cardiac arrest" at Wikipedia - we see that 300,000 die of sudden cardiac arrest in the USA each year ------------------------------- The recent NFPA mobilization study says that dispatch and turnout times for fire / ems is between 2 and 3 minutes nationwide ------------------------------------ Putting this all together - we might be able to say >>>>>>>> speeding up 911 dispatch might save 300,000 lives annually in the USA - plus maybe 20,000 car crash victim plus maybe 20,000 murder victims plus maybe 20,000 suicide victims - ALL TOGETHER - speeding up 911 dispatch in the USA might save 350,000 people per year Comments ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
