Phase 2 of the Capital Campaign Seeks to Raise $630K to Outfit SLFD Fire Trucks with New 12-Lead Wireless Defibrillators
Brad Watson, on behalf of Scott Technologies Foundation, kicks off the second phase of the Lifesaving Foundation campaign with donation to Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson for new wireless 12-Leads for Fire Trucks.
30 St. Louis Fire Department Fire Trucks respond to cardiac related emergencies and during a cardiac event, time is heart muscle. The new defibrillators will save valuable time when identifying a heart event. Brain death and permanent death start to occur in 4-6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest. The new wireless Monitor/Defibrillators have the ability to pace the heart, and monitor heart rate, pulse rate, and the electrical rhythm of heart. It can also monitor patients with EMT or advanced airways in place for proper oxygenation. With 30 Fire Trucks and 12 ambulances equipped with the new technology, SLFD first responders will have greater opportunities to serve those who live and visit St. Louis with the very latest technology in advanced care.
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EMS 12-Lead EKG Capital Campaign
The St. Louis Fire Department 12-lead monitors currently in use are over 8 years old with expired warranties and in desperate need of replacement. Replacing the aging 12-lead monitors with up-to-date monitors will enhance the care and save lives of citizens and visitors of the city of St. Louis and surrounding community.
"Our current machines are not capable of transmitting vital cardiac data to area hospitals which can expedite the care of a patient having a heart attack. We need funding to purchase new units for STLFD EMS because the City cannot afford them at this time."
STLFD Paramedic
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ST. LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT LIFESAVING FOUNDATION GRANTS EMS BIKE TEAM EQUIPMENT
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On November 17, 2008, the St. Louis Fire Department Lifesaving Foundation approved an $8,000 gift-in-kind to the St. Louis Fire Department for the initial phase of an Emergency Services Bike Team. The gift consists of eight (8) specially equipped mountain bicycles. Having an EMS Bike Team will allow the St. Louis Fire Department to improve the provision of emergency services to patients in large crowded venues, such as parades and other special events throughout the City. The bikes will be configured to enable an EMT or Paramedic to bring to the patient such needed supplies as oxygen, advanced life support equipment, trauma supplies and a monitor defibrillator or an AED. A bike team will further reduce the Fire Department's response time to medical incidents in crowded environments, so as to begin quickly the necessary treatments and stabilization efforts until the patient can be placed in an ambulance for transport to the hospital. Edwin Fryer, Vice President of the Foundation said, "The concept of bike teams providing emergency services is a fast growing trend throughout the United States, and we are proud to enable the city of St. Louis to be in the forefront of this trend
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