Drafter
Clerk 05/18/2017
Title
A MOTION authorizing the King County sheriff to accept a donation of one hundred fifty automated external defibrillators.
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WHEREAS, public safety and emergency medical services are among the most important services provided to King County residents and visitors, and
WHEREAS, at the beginning of 2012, Public Health - Seattle & King County and the King County sheriff's office worked in partnership to coordinate emergency medical and public safety services by equipping sheriff's deputies' vehicles with automated external defibrillators using emergency medical services levy funding, and
WHEREAS the partnership was able to acquire automated external defibrillators and equip seventy-eight vehicles, along with providing training for deputies and emergency dispatchers. Sheriff's deputies are available in the field and are able to respond to emergencies quickly and sometimes arrive at a scene prior to emergency medical personnel, and
WHEREAS, deputies participating in the automated external defibrillator program volunteered to receive this extra training and respond to medical emergencies, and communications specialists at the sheriff's office communications center took on additional duties and underwent specialized training to support the automated external defibrillator program, and
WHEREAS, deputies have since that time responded to many medical emergencies, and on numerous occasions, arrived at the scene first and employed their cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator skills and equipment, successfully saving multiple lives, and
WHEREAS, rapid access to effective emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury, and
WHEREAS, King County's regional partnerships and innovative deployment of automated external defibrillators contributes to achieving the nation's best cardiac arrest survival rate, which is now fifty-two percent, and ...
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