Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Suffers Fatal Heart Attack at Fire at his Residence in Florida, March 3, 2003.

摘要

On September 26, 2001, a 32-year-old male fire fighter reported a fire at his own house and initially assisted the responding fire fighters by pulling and holding hose. Half an hour later, he had chest pain and sought help from emergency medical service personnel at the scene. After being evaluated, treated with oxygen (which relieved the pain), and observed, the pain returned and he had a seizure, developed a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart beat), and stopped breathing. Despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation and advanced life support, which began immediately and continued on the way to the hospital and in the emergency department, the fire fighter died. Based on autopsy findings, the death certificate, listed acute thrombosis of coronary artery due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as the cause of death. The recommendations contained in the report address some general health and safety issues identified during this investigation. This list includes some preventive measures that have been recommended by other agencies to reduce the risk of on-the-job heart attacks and sudden cardiac arrest among fire fighters.