First responders recognized at Marion County Public Safety Night

by | Sep 13, 2019 | Comm Center News

On the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Marion County held their third annual Public Safety Night on the square in Knoxville.

The event honored local first responders across Marion County, while also honoring the memory of the first responders who lost their lives during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

“9/11 is one of those things that impacted everybody,” said Chief of Pella Ambulance Greg Higginbotham. “It changed the way we thought about fire, changed the way we thought about law enforcement, changed the way we thought about EMS… People were so proud of the stuff that happened that day and the way people responded and acted selflessly to help people in need. That’s something that we’ll never forget.”

Fruits of police dispatchers labor recognized by Flagstaff Academy students

by | Sep 12, 2019 | Comm Center News

While 911 dispatchers serve as the first step in providing oftentimes life-saving care to those in need, they are rarely the ones recognized for the effort. Flagstaff Academy students wanted to change that.

Thursday afternoon, teachers Kate Sloop and Terri Reh delivered to the police department 15 baskets of garden produce and herbs, cultivated by Flagstaff’s middle school students. The fruits and vegetables were picked from students’ home gardens, donated by local supermarkets and collected from the middle school’s greenhouse.

Fifteen more baskets also were donated Thursday to 911 dispatchers at the Lafayette Police Department.

Facebook calls Miss. dispatchers with victim’s coordinates in emergency

by | Sep 12, 2019 | Comm Center News

TUPELO, Miss. — People know Facebook can be used to find old friends. It can also help find people in dire straits.

That was the case recently when Lee County authorities were searching in vain for a woman in the midst of a medical emergency in the middle of the night. When all other options were exhausted, the social media giant called with the woman’s exact coordinates.

Lee County 911 director Paul Harkins said his office first got a call from the woman’s mother around 11:30 p.m. The daughter was having a medical emergency but they could not locate her.

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Eagan family gives thanks to dispatcher who warned them of carbon monoxide leak

by | Sep 12, 2019 | Comm Center News

An Eagan family escaped carbon monoxide poisoning after their detector went off one night around 1:30 a.m. The Florida-based dispatcher that called to warn them flew to the Twin Cities this week to meet the family she helped save.

The Klassens, including Andy, Melanie, their three daughters and their dog, narrowly avoided carbon monoxide poisoning after a hot water heater pipe malfunctioned on Aug. 5. Reneshia Cason, the ADT dispatcher, called emergency services to send crews to the house; and she called the family to tell them to get outside.

“I can’t see how we would have survived that without those people that were there,” said Melanie Klassen. “Everybody was in shock.”

Effects of dispatcher-initiated telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac …

by | Sep 12, 2019 | Comm Center News

Using a nationwide population-based registry, researchers examined the outcomes of dispatcher-initiated telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (TCPR) in Japan. They divided adult Japanese patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA; n = 582,483, age ≥ 18 years) into 3 groups: no bystander CPR (NCPR) before emergency medical service arrival (n = 448,606), bystander-initiated CPR (BCPR) performed without assistance (n = 46,964), and TCPR (n = 86,913). They observed significantly …..