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Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center (ECC) has cross-trained and certified 9-1-1 operators in Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD). Dispatchers can now provide lifesaving and safety instructions to callers and patients before medical help arrives on the scene, including Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR).
The 9-1-1 medical call for help is answered and processed within Murfreesboro’s ECC. Dispatchers share the information with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services dispatchers and Murfreesboro Fire Rescue medical responders through an enhanced computer-aided dispatch interface between the city and county. The process saves valued time during life-threatening emergencies…