The Loren Marshall Foundation presents the second annual Resuscitation Conference June 6th, 7th and 8th in Anchorage, Alaska.
Speakers include:
Henry Lau, MD, FACS Chief Trauma/Burn Division of Pediatric Surgery
John Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore MD
Lars Wik, MD PhD, Institute for Experimental Medical Research,
Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo Norway
Dr. Michael Levy FACEP, Medical Director of the Anchorage Fire Department
James O'Conner, FACS, FACC,FCCP
Associate Professor, Croley Shock Trauma Center, Balitimore MD
Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman, Menlo Fire CA. USAR Specialist
Michael Sayre, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State
University Columbus Ohio.
Topics include:
Healthcare Provider CPR Performance
STEMI and AFD Cardiac Care
Medical Direction for EMS
The use of Ultrasound in Trauma Resuscitation
Trauma Airways
Pediatric Burns, Transplants and Wounds
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Urban Search and Rescue and Earthquake Response
For More Information Please go to:
www.lorenmarshallfoundation.org
(907) 720-0911
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Flashover Training for Firefighters
Anchorage Fire Department
03.18.08
Contact Jennifer Klugh 317-9929
Anchorage Fire Department to Conduct Live Fire Training
On Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 20 from noon – 5 pm each day, the Anchorage Fire Department will conduct live fire training in a fire flashover simulation trailer under controlled conditions. This exercise is part of training exercises for fire academy cadets. It will take place near 100th Ave and King Street. Smoke may be present in the area.
This activity occurs during the final two weeks of training for fire academy cadets to simulate a realistic fire scenario. Weather conditions, including air quality and smoke ventilation factor, will be assessed to ensure that air quality will not be adversely affected.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Sprinkler Video gets National Attention
FRESNO, Calif. — A humorous video that compares a home sprinkler system to living with a firefighter has won raves on YouTube and brought national attention to the Fresno Fire Department.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqIE5lnsGrw
The one-minute public service announcement produced by the department has received more than 32,000 hits in four months and has gained popularity in the past few weeks. The department has had more than 50 requests from agencies across the country to use the video as their own.
It depicts a Fresno firefighter living with a local family. The firefighter irritates the family by hogging the bathroom, taking over the kids' video games and eating more than his share of dinner. It ends with a message from Fresno fire Chief Randy Bruegman: Having sprinklers in your home is like having a firefighter living with you. "Maybe even better," he wryly concludes.
Local advertising and public relations firms say the message is effective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqIE5lnsGrw
The one-minute public service announcement produced by the department has received more than 32,000 hits in four months and has gained popularity in the past few weeks. The department has had more than 50 requests from agencies across the country to use the video as their own.
It depicts a Fresno firefighter living with a local family. The firefighter irritates the family by hogging the bathroom, taking over the kids' video games and eating more than his share of dinner. It ends with a message from Fresno fire Chief Randy Bruegman: Having sprinklers in your home is like having a firefighter living with you. "Maybe even better," he wryly concludes.
Local advertising and public relations firms say the message is effective.
Saturday Morning March 1st 2008
Comments - Sat - 2008/03/01
Time
Multiple Units Dispatched to Fire Alarm. Alarm caused by unattended cooking.
Engine 4 from Tudor & MacInnes fire station handled. Other units in service.
Unattended cooking fire are one of the most common fire calls for the Anchorage Fire Department.
User
09:32:25
[ProQA Script] Dispatch code: 52C03G Alarms. COMMERCIAL structure (General/Fire). 1.The caller is an alarm monitoring company. 2.It is a general/fire alarm. 3.The name of the business/resident/owner is: . 4.The type of structure involved is a COMME
LRW
09:32:25
RCIAL structure. 5.The area or zone activated is: 1 --Comments: 1-
LRW
09:32:38
Alert Sent to S04
WFI
09:32:38
Alert Sent to S05
WFI
09:32:51
general fire zone 1
LRW
09:33:51
[Station 04 Response District] Record #: 2310020080005718
RMSInterface
09:37:00
E04 No Smoke Fire Visible ec tudor
LRW
09:40:07
E04 fire on stove has been extinguished Can Handle- All Others In Service
Time
Multiple Units Dispatched to Fire Alarm. Alarm caused by unattended cooking.
Engine 4 from Tudor & MacInnes fire station handled. Other units in service.
Unattended cooking fire are one of the most common fire calls for the Anchorage Fire Department.
User
09:32:25
[ProQA Script] Dispatch code: 52C03G Alarms. COMMERCIAL structure (General/Fire). 1.The caller is an alarm monitoring company. 2.It is a general/fire alarm. 3.The name of the business/resident/owner is: . 4.The type of structure involved is a COMME
LRW
09:32:25
RCIAL structure. 5.The area or zone activated is: 1 --Comments: 1-
LRW
09:32:38
Alert Sent to S04
WFI
09:32:38
Alert Sent to S05
WFI
09:32:51
general fire zone 1
LRW
09:33:51
[Station 04 Response District] Record #: 2310020080005718
RMSInterface
09:37:00
E04 No Smoke Fire Visible ec tudor
LRW
09:40:07
E04 fire on stove has been extinguished Can Handle- All Others In Service
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Overnight Fires and Activity 2-27-2008
Overnight Activity for Wednesday Feb. 27th 2008
Anchorage Fire Department
Overnight Activity
Wednesday, Feb 27th 2008
Contact Battalion Chief Tom Kempton 907-317-7233 for more info:
Fire contained to exterior chimney chase by quick response to 8500 Rebel Ridge in the Muldoon area. At 1921 last night 11 units responded, Engine 6 first on location was able to knock the fire down on the exterior and quickly made sure that the fire did not extend into the attic or roof of this strucuture. Damage was limited to the boxed in chimney chase and the occupants were not displaced by the fire.
At 3:38 AM this morning 10 units responded to reports of an occupant trapped in a strucuture fire at 1105 W 30th Avenue, near Northstar and Spenard. Engine 5 and Truck 5 from the Spenard Station were able to make sure the occupants had all escaped safely and then were able to quickly extinguish a small fire that had apparently began in an oil-fired heater. Damage was limited. Units were on location for about an hour and the residence was turned back over to the occupants.
There was also a response yesterday to a local health club where a 56 year old male had apparently collapsed after suffering a cardiac event. The Anchorge Police Department responded with the Anchorage Fire Department Paramedics and they were able to restore circulation within minutes of beginning CPR and beginning advanced cardiac life support with automatic defibulators and cardiac medications. This continues the incredible success rate that the Anchorage Emergency Medical System with the efforts of Dr. Michael Levy has recently reported on.
Anchorage Fire Department
Overnight Activity
Wednesday, Feb 27th 2008
Contact Battalion Chief Tom Kempton 907-317-7233 for more info:
Fire contained to exterior chimney chase by quick response to 8500 Rebel Ridge in the Muldoon area. At 1921 last night 11 units responded, Engine 6 first on location was able to knock the fire down on the exterior and quickly made sure that the fire did not extend into the attic or roof of this strucuture. Damage was limited to the boxed in chimney chase and the occupants were not displaced by the fire.
At 3:38 AM this morning 10 units responded to reports of an occupant trapped in a strucuture fire at 1105 W 30th Avenue, near Northstar and Spenard. Engine 5 and Truck 5 from the Spenard Station were able to make sure the occupants had all escaped safely and then were able to quickly extinguish a small fire that had apparently began in an oil-fired heater. Damage was limited. Units were on location for about an hour and the residence was turned back over to the occupants.
There was also a response yesterday to a local health club where a 56 year old male had apparently collapsed after suffering a cardiac event. The Anchorge Police Department responded with the Anchorage Fire Department Paramedics and they were able to restore circulation within minutes of beginning CPR and beginning advanced cardiac life support with automatic defibulators and cardiac medications. This continues the incredible success rate that the Anchorage Emergency Medical System with the efforts of Dr. Michael Levy has recently reported on.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Anchorage Fire Department Cardiac Arrest Save Rates
Feb. 25th 2008 Anchorage, Alaska
How does the Anchorage Fire Department compare to other cities in the delivery of emergency medical services? If you had a cardiac arrest and collapsed here in Anchorage what chance would you have to survive?
A 2003 USA Today article found disparities in emergency medical care across the nation and said cities that carefully track their EMS performance save many more lives.
Several cities including Houston, Anchorage, Austin, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Raleigh and Tucson have signed up for the Emory University/CDC (Centers for Disease Control) study known as Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, or CARES. This 5 year, $1.5 million CDC project launched four years ago. Initial investigations found that emergency medical systems in most of the nation’s 50 largest cities were fragmented, inconsistent and slow.
The number one cause of death for Americans is cardiovascular disease. Over 500,000 deaths occur each year secondary to cardiovascular disease. Approximately 250,000 of these deaths occur before the patient reaches the hospital. These Out-Of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest (OOHCA) patients are responded to by emergency services personnel.
According to the latest numbers from the American Heart Association, the current percentage of patients that survive OOHCA to be discharged from the hospital is 6.4%.
Patient survival rates are measured and calculated using an agreed upon set of criteria called the Utstein template. The Utstein template was first developed in 1991 to provide a consistent means of studying OOHCA resuscitation effort outcomes.
Since 1999, Dr. Michael Levy has applied the Utstein template to measuring resuscitation rates in Anchorage and has shown a consistent upward slope in the graph of the city’s resuscitation rates.
Using the Utstein criteria, the survival to hospital discharge rate from OOHCA in Anchorage, Alaska for 2007 is 40.1%.
Anchorage is a participant in the multi-city Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhanced Survival (CARES) study. The data from Anchorage being entered into this study and the Utstein template numbers show Anchorage is in the top tier of cities with the best resuscitation rates in the country. These data are being presented to an assembly of EMS physician leaders this month. Anchorage’s data are to be submitted for publication at the national level within the next year.
King County, Washington (Seattle) is routinely lauded as among the very best in the nation for survival from cardiac arrest reporting a 46% survival to discharge rate, up from 33%, since initiating the 2005 AHA guideline changes to BLS. The rate of bystander initiated CPR is among the highest in the nation, if not the highest, and is thought to contribute considerably to their good outcomes.
Dr. Michael Levy is the Anchorage Fire Department's Medical Director
Tom Kempton
Battalion Chief
Anchorage Fire Department
100 E 4th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-267-4999
www.afdfireinfo.com
http://afd.muni.org/AFDHome/MediaInformation
How does the Anchorage Fire Department compare to other cities in the delivery of emergency medical services? If you had a cardiac arrest and collapsed here in Anchorage what chance would you have to survive?
A 2003 USA Today article found disparities in emergency medical care across the nation and said cities that carefully track their EMS performance save many more lives.
Several cities including Houston, Anchorage, Austin, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Raleigh and Tucson have signed up for the Emory University/CDC (Centers for Disease Control) study known as Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, or CARES. This 5 year, $1.5 million CDC project launched four years ago. Initial investigations found that emergency medical systems in most of the nation’s 50 largest cities were fragmented, inconsistent and slow.
The number one cause of death for Americans is cardiovascular disease. Over 500,000 deaths occur each year secondary to cardiovascular disease. Approximately 250,000 of these deaths occur before the patient reaches the hospital. These Out-Of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest (OOHCA) patients are responded to by emergency services personnel.
According to the latest numbers from the American Heart Association, the current percentage of patients that survive OOHCA to be discharged from the hospital is 6.4%.
Patient survival rates are measured and calculated using an agreed upon set of criteria called the Utstein template. The Utstein template was first developed in 1991 to provide a consistent means of studying OOHCA resuscitation effort outcomes.
Since 1999, Dr. Michael Levy has applied the Utstein template to measuring resuscitation rates in Anchorage and has shown a consistent upward slope in the graph of the city’s resuscitation rates.
Using the Utstein criteria, the survival to hospital discharge rate from OOHCA in Anchorage, Alaska for 2007 is 40.1%.
Anchorage is a participant in the multi-city Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhanced Survival (CARES) study. The data from Anchorage being entered into this study and the Utstein template numbers show Anchorage is in the top tier of cities with the best resuscitation rates in the country. These data are being presented to an assembly of EMS physician leaders this month. Anchorage’s data are to be submitted for publication at the national level within the next year.
King County, Washington (Seattle) is routinely lauded as among the very best in the nation for survival from cardiac arrest reporting a 46% survival to discharge rate, up from 33%, since initiating the 2005 AHA guideline changes to BLS. The rate of bystander initiated CPR is among the highest in the nation, if not the highest, and is thought to contribute considerably to their good outcomes.
Dr. Michael Levy is the Anchorage Fire Department's Medical Director
Tom Kempton
Battalion Chief
Anchorage Fire Department
100 E 4th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-267-4999
www.afdfireinfo.com
http://afd.muni.org/AFDHome/MediaInformation
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