2022 ANNUAL REPORT-Final

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RECOGNITION OF EMS EXCELLENCE

Recognition of EMS Excellence

Engine 22

Medic 31

Lieutenant Adam Moyer Firefighter Kenneth Taggart

Firefighter/Paramedic Kenneth Smith Firefighter/Paramedic Cesar Lopez

Firefighter Rachel Calderon-Murphy

Ambulance 29

EMS900

Firefighter Alexander Hall Firefighter Nicholas Gentile

Lieutenant/Paramedic Jacob Harne Lieutenant/Paramedic Michael Steele Firefighter/Paramedic James Gonzalez

On March 7, 2022, at 0514 hours units were dispatched to a pediatric cardiac arrest. First arriving units (A29 & E22) arrived on scene and initiated high performance CPR. ALS crews responded and arrived quickly.

The BLS crew found a pediatric female in cardiac arrest, and they quickly and efficiently started treatment on the patient. After 2 minutes the AED analyzed, and the patient was defibrillated. Upon the arrival of ALS crews, the patient’s IO access was obtained, medications administered, and the patient was intubated. ROSC was achieved at 0535hrs, and the patient was transported to Frederick Health Hospital. During the transport, crews worked diligently to continue to stabilize the patient. The patient arrived at Frederick Health Hospital only 45 minutes after receiving the 911 call. The child was subsequently transferred to Johns Hopkins, where she was released to home neurologically intact and with no known deficit.

Without the quick response to the scene, the administration of life saving medications, and the thorough care provided, this child would have likely had a much worse outcome.