Gilchrist County Fire Rescue received five new Automated CPR Devices with the assistance of a Florida Department of Health matching grant. Each of the  Advanced Life Support units staffed in our County will now have a device that, once applied to a patient suffering a cardiac arrest, would perform high quality, uninterrupted chest compressions.
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In late 2019, GCFR acquired one of these devices and saw a 17% increase in patients who regained a pulse after experiencing a cardiac arrest. The Department also had a 10% increase in patients who survived an out of hospital cardiac arrest and were discharged home.
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According to data published by the American Heart Association, only 29% of patients can expect to regain a pulse after experiencing a non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest and only nine percent of patients will be discharged from the hospital. During GCFR’s trial period, 47% of all non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients transported regained a pulse, and 13% were discharged from the hospital back to their homes.
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With the addition of these devices to all of our units, Gilchrist County Fire Rescue aims to continue improving this statistic and providing the highest level of pre-hospital care to the citizens and visitors of Gilchrist County.
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