Organizational Plan Increases Efficiency on All EMS Calls

摘要

It was setting up to be a busy morning. A major wreck on the highway was already tying up most of the city's fire and emergency medical services (EMS) resources. Truck 2's officer, Captain Jones; Driver Smith; and Firefighter Cruz were having their morning briefing when the emergency alert tones sounded. It was a medical call only a few minutes from the station. Normally, this would be a routine medical call, but Station 2's mobile intensive care unit (MICU) was assigned to the wreck. The only available MICU was at Station 5, all the way across town. Jones knew Truck 2's crew would be on scene for several minutes before the MICU arrived. As Jones was thinking to himself, "Let this be a minor call," dispatch came across the radio and reported that cardiopulmo-nary resuscitation (CPR) was in progress.