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Jefferson County Emergency
Management Agency
Jefferson County Emergency Medical Service
Jack D. Cochran, Director
P.O. Box 856
Dandridge, Tennessee 37725
Phone: 423-397-7228 Fax: 423-397-4687
THE OXYLATOR SUITS THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT
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DEAR JEFF BURNS,
AS YOU KNOW WE RECENThY PURCHASED 7 OXYLATORS AND PLACED
ONE ON EVERY ALS AMBULANCE IN THE COUNTY. WE WERE INITIALLY
IMPRESSED WITH THE EASY USABILITY OF THE OXYLAIOR, AND HOW PROFICIENT
IT APPEARED TO BE IN THE OXYGENATION PROCESS OF EITHER THE RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS PATIENT AND/OR THE NON-BREATHING PATIENT.
NOW THAT EVERY AMBULANCE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN OXYLATOR WE FEEL
THAT THE STANDARD OF CARE HAS BEEN RAISED WHICH MEANS BETTER
PATIENT CARE.
THE OXYLATOR HAS BEEN USED ON SEVERAL REAL LIFE EMERGENCIES
SINCE WE PLACED IT IN SERVICE AND WE ARE STILL PLEASED IN ITS
FUNCTION.
RECENTLY THE OXYLATOR PROVED TO BE A VITAL LIFE SAVER
AS THE PARAMEDICS RESPONDED TO A 67 Y/O MALE PATIENT IN CARDIAC
ARREST. WHEN THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED ON SCENE THEY FOUND THE PATIENT
TO BE IN BOTH RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC ARREST. THE PATIENT WAS
INITIALLY VENTILATED WITH THE OXYLATOR PRIOR TO INTUBATION AS
WELL AS CONTINUED VENTILATIONS AFTER THE INTUBATION WAS COMPLETED.
THE PATIENT WAS DEFIBRILLATED AND MEDICATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED
FOLLOWING AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ACLS GUIDELINES. WE ARE
HAPPY TO SAY THAT A PULSE WAS RESTORED AND THE PATIENT BEGAN
BREATHING ON HIS ON. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM WHERE HE CONTINUED TO STABILIZE. THE PATIENT WAS EVENTUALLY
TRANSFERRED TO A CARDIAC UNIT WHERE HE CONTINUED TO MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY.
IN CLOSING WE FEEL THAT THE USE OF THE OXYLATOR ALONG WITH THE
AGGRESSIVE ACLS GUIDELINES WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE WITH SUCH
A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
THANKS FOR RECOMMENDING THE OXYLATOR TO US . . . IT IS
GREAT!
GREG MILLER
EMS COORDINATOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE |
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