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Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District Arizona's Premier Rural Fire Protection District |
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Emergency Medical Service The Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District provides an Advanced Life Support (ALS) system that has evolved since 1918 and has grown to the level of an excellent service that it is today. The system benefits from enhanced 911, Advanced Life Support staffed attack Squads that allow for better response times. Each year our department responds to over 3,000 fire and EMS incidents with over 80% being EMS responses. The Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District is manned by 45 firefighters with 15 being certified paramedic. This means a paramedic will be at your side within minutes even if an ambulance responds from across town. The EMS system continues to develop and maintain new methods of delivering high quality EMS care. The Fire Department works in conjunction with hospitals so that medics are given feedback on diagnosis and outcome of their transported patients which allows for analytic review. The system operates off of base station protocol that is continually reviewed and updated to the most current evidenced based treatments and equipment available. Some skills included in the protocol;12 Lead EKG's, field activated cath lab notifications, IO drills, Co2 and CO monitoring devices to name a few. Studies from the American Heart Association shows those who received CPR started by a bystander had a greater chance of survival than those who did not. Each year our statistics show about half of our cardiac arrest saves, received bystander CPR, therefore we encourage everyone to learn bystander CPR to help us continue and maintain a high survival rate from cardiac arrest. To learn more contact the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or your local fire department. |
