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Concurrent Block #9

911, EMS, Fire & Law Enforcement

From Maryland to Chicago to Yorkshire: Case Studies in Innovative T-CPR Programs

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service experience of telephone guided access and utilisation of AED's

Saturday, December 2, 2023
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM PST
Location: Town and Country Ballroom B

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Jason D. Carlyon

    Community Engagement Manager
    Yorkshire Ambulance Service
    Scarborough, England, United Kingdom

    Disclosure(s): Laerdal Medical: Sponsorship to attend conference (Ongoing)

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Helen A. Smith

    Ambulance Dispatch Team Leader
    Yorkshire Ambulance Service
    LEEDS, England, United Kingdom

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Jason D. Carlyon: Laerdal Medical: Sponsorship to attend conference (Ongoing)
Helen A. Smith: No financial relationships to disclose
Summary: Hear from Yorkshire Ambulance Service about their experience of T-CPR paired with T-AED through the use of a national defibrillator registry.

Synopsis: As have most EMS services, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (UK) has been providing T-CPR guidance for many years with good success. In recent years the introduction of a regional database of public access defibrillators has allowed for the introduction of T-AED guidance. More recently these regionally held databases have been merged in to one single national database called "The Circuit."
This presentation aims to discuss the UK experience of a national registry, giving defibrillator guidance on emergency calls.

Learning Objectives:

  • After participating in this session, attendees should be able to compare and contrast the experience of the UK EMS to that in the US with regards to utilisation of public access defibrillators.
  • After participating in this session, attendees should be able to recognise the benefits of T-AED and consider the application of a similar system in their own EMS provision.
  • This presentation will discuss how to implement three (3) elements of a comprehensive dispatch CPR and/or rapid dispatch program.
  • This presentation will discuss ways to advance Public Access AED placement and utilization.
  • This presentation will include components of a high quality collaborative cardiovascular and resuscitation program in a dispatch, EMS and / or healthcare system that has demonstrated improvement in survival from SCA.