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Death or extreme disability can happen in seconds - typical calltaking and dispatch time in the USA is now 30 seconds to 2 minutes - turnout time for FDs is approx 120 seconds - very few agencies seem to have OptiComs I suspect that Rapid Dispatch can be done in 10 seconds Some cities have cops trained as paramedics - Flint Michigan - Davis County Utah - etc London has paramedics on motorcycles and in small cars King County Washington claims 50% save rates on cardiac arrests with bystanders doing CPR in 60% of cases (usually in an average of 3 minutes) - the rest of the USA has 5% save rates on cardiac arrests -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
