Good Samaritans
Equipping citizens to put down the cell phone and save lives in an emergency
Takeaways from a GSW response that quickly escalated into chaos
Lessons from a bystander responder and co-survivor of SCA, Kristin Flanary – Lady Glaucomflecken, lifesaver, CPR champion and keynote extraordinaire
Lee County Dispatcher Amber Moody helped a caller perform CPR until first responders could arrive
“The most important part of my life is to help and uplift other people, so there’s no way I can give up now,” says 34-year-old J.C. LaVerde
“You think, ‘This is good to have, but will I ever need to know how to do CPR?’” Joe Greco said. “In my case, I did.”
Broward citizens now have a video upload through an app, but the new tool would let dispatchers send an invitation link to any cellphone call via text message
The researchers suggest that greater diversity in training materials could help improve patients’ survival rates
Employees and shoppers were rendering aid when first responders arrived; EMS providers transported 16 people to hospitals
The injured patients were transported via Airmed and ground ambulance
Emily Cullen and Angel Navarez helped the cardiac arrest patient regain consciousness before EMS providers arrived
Kathleen Richardson heard the child’s mother yelling, ran over and performed CPR until EMS providers arrived
The study’s lead researcher said the findings are a strong reminder that bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest should quickly call 911 and perform CPR
Roughly 1,700 emergency workers were dispatched to the scene where ambulances lined streets and EMS providers and bystanders performed CPR
A year ago, Murphy Jensen went into cardiac arrest during a friendly competition against his brother
Arizona Fire and Medical Authority honored Steven Jorgensen for performing CPR
The two EMS providers were loading a patient into a rig at the time of the incident; the knife-wielding man was charged with attempted murder
Monroe firefighters were forced to cut out the windshield and pull the driver onto a boat; EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital
During Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, the nonprofit is gathering AED location data for its registry
Off-duty officer Chas Kulow was with his girlfriend as she was being treated at a Five Finger Death Punch show
A bystander saw the Pilcher’s ambulance and got the EMS providers out, but paramedic and retired firefighter Don Parrish did not survive
Paramedics and Street Overdose Response Team members restocked the bystander’s naloxone supply and offered treatment services to the survivors
The West Allis Fire Department is educating its community and improving OHCA survival rates
The bystanders pulled the man from his sinking vehicle and started performing CPR, but he later died after being transported to a medical facility
Fish and Game called a National Guard helicopter to evacuate the 39-year-old woman, who had been hiking Mount Cabot at the time of the emergency
Shannon Wiggins called 911 to report the apartment fire, then drove to it
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“We’re really proud how this showed the whole system works, from the dispatcher, the firefighters to the bystanders,” said Decatur Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tracy Thornton
With a partly crushed skull and a broken jaw, J.C. La Verde kept swimming until he reached safety
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
Off-duty medical professionals and good Samaritans helped the woman, then EMS providers treated her for chest trauma and transported her
Bystanders helped move the patient, and first responders “packaged him and carried him to the ambulance,” the Transylvania County Rescue Squad said
Before Lafayette firefighters and EMS crews arrived, Nick Bostic saw the flames while driving, stopped and ran inside
Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said first responders restored the patient’s pulse before transferring him to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
