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Local emergency responders used a life-saving electro-shock device to save a local man who suffered a heart attack at a Frisco restaurant last week.
Frisco police officers responding to the emergency 911 call July 26 at Carlos Miguel's restaurant, 740 N. Summit Blvd., used an automatic external defibrillator, or AED, to help a 65-year-old Silverthorne man regain a pulse.
A vacationing Ventura, Calif., cardiologist who happened to be dining at the restaurant at the time initiated CPR along with other bystanders until emergency responders arrived and used the AED, which is one of 180 units distributed throughout Summit County through the Keep The Beat Summit public-access defibrillation program. A 911 dispatcher was able to determine that the man was in cardiac arrest and guided the bystanders in medical response.
Crews from the Summit County Ambulance Service and Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue arrived moments later and continued with advanced life support and transported the patient to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. He subsequently was taken by Flight-For-Life helicopter to St. Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver, and is expected to make a full recovery.
“This case really exemplifies how a system can work together to save a life” says Summit County Ambulance Director Marc Burdick. “From the trained bystanders to the police department to the fire and ambulance, the hospital and Flight-For-Life, everyone worked hard and performed as we train.”
The Keep The Beat Summit program began in 2005 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is administered by Summit County Ambulance Service. While other devices have been used 22 times since the program began, this is the first known “save” in the history of the program.
“This response clearly exemplifies the value of having AEDs deployed throughout the county, combined with the training and teamwork that is delivered by our first response level of emergency medical services from the ambulance, fire and law enforcement entities who were dispatched to this call,” said Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Chief David Parmley.
For more information on Keep The Beat, see www.keepthebeatsummit.com.
Frisco police officers responding to the emergency 911 call July 26 at Carlos Miguel's restaurant, 740 N. Summit Blvd., used an automatic external defibrillator, or AED, to help a 65-year-old Silverthorne man regain a pulse.
A vacationing Ventura, Calif., cardiologist who happened to be dining at the restaurant at the time initiated CPR along with other bystanders until emergency responders arrived and used the AED, which is one of 180 units distributed throughout Summit County through the Keep The Beat Summit public-access defibrillation program. A 911 dispatcher was able to determine that the man was in cardiac arrest and guided the bystanders in medical response.
Crews from the Summit County Ambulance Service and Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue arrived moments later and continued with advanced life support and transported the patient to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. He subsequently was taken by Flight-For-Life helicopter to St. Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver, and is expected to make a full recovery.
“This case really exemplifies how a system can work together to save a life” says Summit County Ambulance Director Marc Burdick. “From the trained bystanders to the police department to the fire and ambulance, the hospital and Flight-For-Life, everyone worked hard and performed as we train.”
The Keep The Beat Summit program began in 2005 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is administered by Summit County Ambulance Service. While other devices have been used 22 times since the program began, this is the first known “save” in the history of the program.
“This response clearly exemplifies the value of having AEDs deployed throughout the county, combined with the training and teamwork that is delivered by our first response level of emergency medical services from the ambulance, fire and law enforcement entities who were dispatched to this call,” said Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Chief David Parmley.
For more information on Keep The Beat, see www.keepthebeatsummit.com.
