Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest can strike without warning, and every minute counts
NYPD bodycam footage from the Jordan Neely trial underscores the importance of hands-only CPR and AED use when faced with an unresponsive subject
“Naloxone is a necessary tool ... it should be available and accessible in as many places as possible, in the same way we have fire extinguishers and defibrillators in case of emergencies,” council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam said
“[Laws decriminalizing drug use are] having a negative impact on public safety. That’s the message I want to get out there,” El Cajon PD Chief Mike Moulton said
In just six years, fentanyl has become the prominent driver of opioid overdose deaths, going from causing about 20% of fatal opioid ODs in 2016 to causing almost all of them — 92% — in 2022
“We’re really trying to get [other departments] to try to adopt that model of responding to these overdoses, taking them seriously and starting the investigation from that night,” Chief Karl Oakman said
The policy requires medical examiners to list all sources of information used in autopsy reports and to state whether any officers were present during the autopsy
Focusing on observed behavior will help protect both the individuals needing assistance and the officers responding to the situation
A letter states that legislation that decriminalized personal hard drug possession did not take the fentanyl crisis into account as a public health and safety issue
“You hear that all the time, ‘Hey you helped me out, you saved me’ … but this is one of those few times, had they physically not been there, I’d be dead,” Officer Dean Alexander said
Greg Yurcevich, 56, is part of the rare 15% of people who survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with positive neurological health, experts say
“I would just like to say thank you to this young woman, of course, and all the officers involved. I’m really grateful to be alive,” the man said
The girl was unconscious and not breathing when officers arrived on the scene; they administered CPR and got the child to start to breathing on her own
The law makes public possession a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail for the first two offenses and up to a year for additional offenses
Officer Robert Baer performed CPR on the child on the hood of his cruiser, saving the 1-year-old child
Irvine police said the puppy made a “pretty quick turnaround"; the owner said this was the second time the dog had overdosed
The training addresses the mental and physical stressors faced by public safety personnel when responding to opioid overdose calls
Jim Dudley speaks with Eric Thomas O’Neal about adding yet another dimension to today’s law enforcement officer, that of a trained emergency medical responder
It does no good for a cop to be on scene standing around waiting for folks with the better training and equipment to arrive
The Flagstaff Police Department now has one ZOLL AED Plus defibrillator in every patrol vehicle, funded through a $100K grant from Health First Foundation Northern Arizona and Griffith Blue Heart
Panelists will review the training required for officers to manage custody transitions, as well as highlight strategies to improve safety during this process
This eight-hour class is a great enhancement to the minimal tactical medical training received by most cops
After the officers performed CPR, body-worn camera video shows the woman coughing up water and asking for her name
A nearby sheriff’s deputy was notified about a girl who was under water; the deputy jumped in to pull the girl out and performed CPR on the child
Albany County police K-9s receive donations of lifesaving Narcan from Protection4Paws
These supplies and kits will help you save lives when time is of the essence
“I can’t be more thankful to them,” the mother said, before hugging the deputies and presenting them with a card and bouquet of flowers
Body-worn camera video shows two deputies rushing to get into the home and then quickly performing CPR on the unresponsive toddler
“We are proud of our deputies’ abilities to serve our community by responding with precise training and applying skills that save lives,” the sheriff’s office said
The bipartisan agreement would avoid making the state the second in the U.S. to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances
“Through high-quality, repetitive training, we will become a safer country.”
William Dwyer stands by his officers’ decision to not wait for an ambulance and to rush the 4-month-old to the hospital
