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A group of Emergency Medical Services Corp students helped teach people hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with supervision by CAL FIRE/County Fire firefighters and paramedics, this week as part of a Revive and Survive free public training event in Kearny Mesa.
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The County’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services are recruiting applicants ages 18 to 26 for the San Diego Emergency Medical Services Corps—a five-month, hands-on training program that prepares participants to become emergency medical technicians.
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A year ago, Michelle Alvarado faced death, only to be saved by an extraordinary medical procedure. Recently, she celebrated that one-year anniversary with Nick Black, the National City Fire Department paramedic who made the right call at the right time and helped save her life.
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ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, is a medical procedure for critical care patients with life-threatening heart or lung failure. Last July, the County launched a new pilot program that uses ECMO in a new way. It is now saving the lives of people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest outside of the hospital and who would have otherwise died.
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The County of San Diego is partnering with UC San Diego to launch Revive & Survive San Diego, a new initiative to help save lives.
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David Mills and his wife were at Vista Fire Department Station 1 to say thank you to the rescuers who saved his life, and they are telling everyone about the importance of learning bystander CPR.
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Knowing how to perform CPR and how to locate and use an AED, automated external defibrillator, can help someone when seconds are critical.
