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Bloomfield Genoa City Fire & Rescue
News & Upcoming Events |
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Bloomfield, Genoa City, Pell
Lake
Better care, less time
Monitor can reduce time it takes to treat heart attack
patients |
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March 13, 2008
They say when you're having a heart attack, time is
"muscle." |
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That's why the Bloomfield-Genoa City Fire and Rescue
Department is using a method that could shave off 45 minutes
to an hour from the time it takes to administer medical
care.
If time is muscle, the Bloomfield-Genoa City department is
flexing to provide quicker care to heart attack patients.
Fire Chief Brad Poltermann, Assistant Chief Fred Schalow and
Rescue Capt. Jeremy Tamillo said they're using a Lifepak 12
cardio monitor to transmit EKGs to hospitals.
"We're the only department in the county that has this type
of monitor and is using it this way," Poltermann said.
Typically, when rescue picks up a patient, that person is
taken to a hospital such as Mercy Walworth Medical Center.
That's where the leads are applied, the EKG is read, and
doctors decide whether the patient needs to be transferred
to a different hospital, such as St. Luke's in Milwaukee.
In such a case, the patient likely would need transport via
helicopter.
But by using the Lifepak 12 and a "12 lead" system, the EKG
can be taken in the back of the ambulance.
Once that data is transmitted, hospital personnel can make
the determination before the patient arrives whether
helicopter transport is needed.
"Just to get to the hospital can take 20 minutes," Schalow
said.
According to Poltermann, there is a protocol system being
developed that would allow rescue personnel to basically
take patients to the hospital to be loaded onto a
helicopter, if needed.
Prior to Monday, the department was using the Lifepak 12
with paramedics from Paratech.
Now, department members are certified to use the cardio
monitor without those paramedics present.
But it's not just the monitor that's going to help save
lives.
"Because of our department's system, it makes it simple to
apply this because we have people here 24 hours a day, seven
days a week," Poltermann said.
Generosity
The Bloomfield-Genoa City department has one Lifepak 12
monitor, and another one is "on order," Poltermann said.
The town of Bloomfield purchased one monitor, and much of
the cost of the other one was paid for by an anonymous
donation.
The monitors were purchased for $16,000 each.
"We were able to negotiate with the manufacturer one
brand-new monitor for the refurbished price," Poltermann
said.
With one of the monitors, the department used the $11,000
donation and $5,000 of money that was placed in the budget.
According to Poltermann, the department is working with the
EMS coordinator at Mercy Walworth Medical Center to
implement the new system.
He also thanked Bloomfield and Genoa City officials for
their support.
"That really made a lot of this possible," Poltermann said |
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Written by Steve Targo
Reprinted from the Lake Geneva Regional News
original article can be found here
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