1975/02/25 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

_ " ~~~~=~~ .. County Flannel no later than February 26,1976;otherwise the Count), ''i T will assume that we are endorsing advanced life support and we will . ,. automatically become a part of the State-wide plan and will then be ) ' locked into whatever the County and.State decide these plans will be. . mr.Eastman said that it was their recommendation that the State ..• plan recognize that the City of Everett is working diligently with • the City's medical community on alternative approaches to advance :. life support,including the following: A. Retain the present emergency medical care system of the CitY ' of Everett,with a minor modification. That is,initial . response by the Everett Fire DePartment Engine CemPaniee : ' and/or Aid Cars,with the Ambulance Company responding"code ' • . 2^on alert calls,with"code 3"response oi_ily. on request of ' Fire Department personnel. /mplement immediately the medi .. cal service coordinator for the City with the primary res . ponsibility for supervision of the city-wide emergency mei,- .,! - cal care program. Ongoing training of Fire Department,and . ambulance company personnel will also be a part of the res ' ponsibility of the emergency medical coordinator. � havetransPort oaPability,staffed,equipped and operated B. Mobil intensive care unit(s) MICH)which may or may net •• out of the emergency rooms of the two local hoSPitais- . • Hospital personnel would be trained in all phases of ad- . vanced life support,whereas Fire Department personnel^ would receive training as advanced emergency medical tech- . nicians. Fire Department response would remain as it isunder the present system. The MICU would respond from the hospital when determined either by dispatch in the initial .. call or the SPCA's in the field,that the call was a life- •threatening situation. EMTA's would stabilize the individ- •• ual then request an ambulance for transport,or in the case .•. of a life-threatening situation would stabilize if they were firston-the scene and await arrival of the MICH. In all cases,FMTA's would assist MICH whenever possible. C. Aid cars equipped with intensive care equipment(including . equipment for cardiac arrest,telemetry,drug package,shock, . I.V.'s,airways,etc.)working out of the emergencY room.Of • the two local hospitals and staffed by two on-duty personnel . from the Fire Department. One aid car at one of the two . hospitals at all times,working on a four-hour rotation schedule. The other aid car would remain at Station#5 in , '. the south end of town. Training in advanced life support • techniques would be required of Fire Department personnei • •.. as well iv emergency room staffs. (Constant on-going train- •. ing-.tub)be received by Fire Department personnel as part of their shift time in the hospital emergency rooms). Aid • • ~~~~to respond as they do..der the pres- ,.. ent initial response system and both cars would be avail • able for fire calls. An ambulance would be dispatched from the field for transport by Fire Department personnel ` after the patient was stabilized and at that time would be .• told whether to respond"code 2"or"code 3." It would be necessary for the embulance to be equipped identi , ea., tas an intensive care unit)as the aid car. Both ve • hicles would be equipped so as to alleviate the need for~ equipmentT. available physician to carry any type of • ~_~____ ' ` . . . � �