Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Collapses and Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death After Responding to a Vehicle Fire in Kentucky

摘要

On March 25, 2004, a 45-year-old male FF suffered sudden cardiac death after responding to his fire station during an alarm. Despite CPR and ALS performed by crew members, ambulance service personnel, and hospital ED personnel, the FF died. NIOSH was notified of this fatality on March 26, 2004, by the United States Fire Administration. NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department on March 26, 2004, to obtain further information, and on April 16, 2004, to initiate the investigation. On November 3, 2004, a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist and an Occupational Nurse Practitioner from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Team traveled to Kentucky to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident.