Dublin Fire Brigade Paramedics- Insight into a Pre-hospital Emergency Care Service • Brief history of DFB - Oldest uniform body in the state Since 1862 (Oldest Ambulance service provider in Ireland) Since 1898 • Benefits of combined Fire/Emergency Medical service (EMS) for patients • Our areas of operations • Statistics/ type and numbers of calls • Information on range of pre-hospital treatment protocols using generic case details • Some footage with real on scene experiences with DFB staff.
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Dublin Fire Brigade Paramedics- Insight into a Pre-hospital Emergency Care Service
• Brief history of DFB - Oldest uniform body in the state Since 1862(Oldest Ambulance service provider in Ireland) Since 1898
• Benefits of combined Fire/Emergency Medical service (EMS) for patients
• Our areas of operations
• Statistics/ type and numbers of calls
• Information on range of pre-hospital treatment protocols using generic case details
• Some footage with real on scene experiences with DFB staff.
Dublin Fire Brigade Paramedics- Insight into a Pre-hospital Emergency Care Service
• The nature of these incidents require a rapid response and more responders on scene– Paramedic Fire Appliance– Paramedic Ambulance – Advanced Paramedic
Fire Appliance Paramedics 60%
Ambulance Paramedics36%
Arrive together4%
Mater Hospital Out of hospital cardiac Arrest study 2003-2008
Mater Study
• Improvements in the pre hospital care management of cardiac arrests over the period of the study where;
– DFB fire appliance Paramedic equipped with Defibrillators and life saving medications
– ERCC began providing telephone assisted CPR– Advanced Paramedics provide pre hospital
Advanced Life Support on Fire appliances and Ambulances
Mater Study
Conclusions: •The improved quality of Emergency Pre Hospital Care has impacted on survival from Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, particularly from Ventricular Fibrillation