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Dunn Rescue Squad, Inc.
P.O. Box 203
Dunn, North Carolina 28335
910-892-1211
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October 1, 1998
Mr. Glynn Lookabill
EMSUSA
PO Box 5334
Wilmington, NC 28403
Mr. Lookabill:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for recommending
the Oxylator EM 100 to our department as a resuscitation device.
The following is a narrative of an incident in which this device
was instrumental in the successful resuscitation of a patient.
On September 2, 1998 at approximately 2:00 PM we were dispatched
to a possible electrocution. We responded on an ambulance with
two personnel and requested the Fire Department to respond also.
We arrived on the scene in approximately two minutes to find
an approximately 50 year old male patient in cardiac arrest.
Lay persons were attempting CPR.
My partner performed a "quick look" to find a rhythm
of Ventricular Fibrillation. My partner defibrillated the patient
3 times without success. We immediately started CPR with the
assistance of bystanders. I intubated the patient, confirmed
lung sounds, and attached the Oxylator® EM-100. My partner
initiated an IV and gave Epinephrine IV. The patient's rhythm
remained in Ventricular Fibrillation. My partner again defibrillated
the patient and his rhythm converted to a Normal Sinus Rhythm
with palpable pulses.
While my partner was giving the patient additional medications
and assessing him further I was able to prepare the patient
for transport by placing a Cervical Collar on the patient and
preparing the Spine Board. The Oxylator® EM-100 was ventilating
the patient effectively the entire time.
The patient was subsequently transported to the hospital without
undo delay, where he fully recovered from the incident.
Your product was instrumental in the process in that it did
the work of one additional personnel that would have normally
been occupied with ventilating the patient. This allowed me
to free myself up and prepare the patient for transport without
having to wait for additional personnel, saving the patient
precious minutes in the field.
We are very satisfied with our purchase and with the performance
of the Oxylator® EM-100.
Sincerely,
Gary Whitman, Chief
Dunn Rescue Squad, Inc. |
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