"When we first went [advanced life support], I felt like every single day I came to work, we had a cardiac arrest for the first two, maybe three months," Lodi Fire Department Paramedic Engineer Dylan Cahue said.
"Once we got on scene, we found out the patient was a more critical patient than what the 911 dispatcher perceived it to be based off the information they were given," Cahue explained. "I was able to take over care for that patient and go on the ambulance with our equipment, and basically run the call from when we got there all the way to the hospital. Normally, we would have had to wait for an ambulance, possibly from Stockton, from Mantica because it was a busy time."
"We've already responded to 36 cardiac arrests, where 15 of those we had very positive outcomes," Lodi Fire Chief Ken Johnson said.
Now with advanced life support, these new services can send the patient's medical status to the hospital immediately and allow crews to respond to these calls much faster.
Bringing critical care, no matter the day or the hour, from a fire station only minutes from your home.
"Our fire engine is probably closer to where you are than an ambulance is," Johnson explained. "In decreasing the time for you to receive Advanced Life Support is critical to us."
Their work isn't done. Lodi Fire is still in the process of providing these 24/7 services from all fire stations within the city.
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