911 caller issues
There have been a lot of 911 dispatch issues in the news lately. The most recent is a reported arrest that happened near an AED equipped firehouse. The issue was that only an ambulance was dispatched to respond to the scene. The call came in for an unconcious subject.
Every time someone dies, people look for a reason
People die all the time within minutes of lifesaving care. It happens on the operating table, in the ER, in the back of our units, and within blocks of a fire truck equipped with an AED.
The 911 system cannot always get the call right. Our service recently responded to a call for a sick subject. Additional from dispatch gave us general weakness, per the caller. It was a full arrest!
The husband was standing there saying, “She just didn’t have any strength when I got up this AM.”
I feel bad for the people and maybe some changes will be made to enhance some responses but there is no way to stop these kind of sad coincidences from happening.
Jamie, The Podmedic
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EMTLife Forum Thread I got this from:
Filed under EMS On the Side by on Apr 12th, 2006. 