Media Invite- Bend Fire & Rescue Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training (Photo)
- 02/16/23
Bend Fire & Rescue would like to invite local media to visit an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training on Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m. The training will be held at the Bend Fire & Rescue Training Center (63377 NE Jamison Street, Bend).
Every year the Bend Fire & Rescue holds an ACLS refresher training for our firefighter/paramedics. In this training responders learn the latest cutting-edge medical interventions for cardiac arrests and practice these skills.
This year, Bend Fire & Rescue responders are changing their cardiac resuscitation protocol to incorporate a new technique called early double sequential defibrillation. This is a technique uses two defibrillators, which allows the paramedics to deliver two shocks to the patient in rapid succession. Studies have shown this technique has led to greater survival of patients who have gone into cardiac arrest.
“We are always evolving our medical protocols”, states EMS Captain Petar Hossick, “to reflect the most current life-saving interventions.”
Bend Fire & Rescue is one of the top fire departments in the country in cardiac survivability. The survival rate for cardiac arrest is 50% which is 20% higher than the national average.
These leading cardiac survival numbers are due to many factors. Bend Fire & Rescue has worked with 911 dispatch to ensure clear CPR instructions are given to bystanders on cardiac arrest calls, trained Bend Police Department in CPR, and adopted high performance CPR techniques. Additionally, the department adopts and trains all firefighter/paramedics on cutting edge interventions that improve cardiac survivability.
Please join us and learn more about Cardiac arrest training and cutting-edge interventions.
Media Invite- Bend Fire & Rescue Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training (Photo)
- 02/16/23
Bend Fire & Rescue would like to invite local media to visit an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training on Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m. The training will be held at the Bend Fire & Rescue Training Center (63377 NE Jamison Street, Bend).
Every year the Bend Fire & Rescue holds an ACLS refresher training for our firefighter/paramedics. In this training responders learn the latest cutting-edge medical interventions for cardiac arrests and practice these skills.
This year, Bend Fire & Rescue responders are changing their cardiac resuscitation protocol to incorporate a new technique called early double sequential defibrillation. This is a technique uses two defibrillators, which allows the paramedics to deliver two shocks to the patient in rapid succession. Studies have shown this technique has led to greater survival of patients who have gone into cardiac arrest.
“We are always evolving our medical protocols”, states EMS Captain Petar Hossick, “to reflect the most current life-saving interventions.”
Bend Fire & Rescue is one of the top fire departments in the country in cardiac survivability. The survival rate for cardiac arrest is 50% which is 20% higher than the national average.
These leading cardiac survival numbers are due to many factors. Bend Fire & Rescue has worked with 911 dispatch to ensure clear CPR instructions are given to bystanders on cardiac arrest calls, trained Bend Police Department in CPR, and adopted high performance CPR techniques. Additionally, the department adopts and trains all firefighter/paramedics on cutting edge interventions that improve cardiac survivability.
Please join us and learn more about Cardiac arrest training and cutting-edge interventions.