Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death After Emergency Recall in Massachusetts

摘要

On January 21, 2004, a 48-year-old male Firefighter responded to his fire station to provide standby coverage. The next day while off duty, he suddenly collapsed. Despite CPR performed by a bystander and ALS treatment by EMS personnel and at the hospital, the victim died. NIOSH was notified of this fatality on January 28, 2004, by the United States Fire Administration. NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department on January 29, 2004 to initiate the investigation. On March 1, 2004, a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Team traveled to Massachusetts to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident. The death certificate, completed by the Medical Examiner, listed 'Acute sudden cardiac death syndrome' due to 'acute myocardial infarction' as the immediate cause of death and 'obesity' as an other significant condition. No autopsy was performed.