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To: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From: Lewis T. Broschard III, Chief, Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Date: October  8, 2019
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Presentation of CAASE Awards to American Medical Response

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   10/08/2019
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen, Director
Diane Burgis, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director
Contact: Lewis T. Broschard III, Fire Chief (925) 941-3300 x1100
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED:     October  8, 2019
David Twa,
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

PRESENTATION of two 2019 California Ambulance Association Service Excellence (CAASE) Awards to American Medical Response.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

American Medical Response, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District's ambulance alliance partner, has been named winner of two prestigious 2019 California Ambulance Association Service Excellence (CAASE) awards. CAASE awards recognize excellence, resourcefulness, and ground-breaking ideas being implemented by California ambulance operators; and they showcase the best practices of the ambulance business in the State. Awards were presented on September 25, 2019, at the CAASE annual convention in San Diego, California.  
  


BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
American Medical Response was recognized in two categories:
  
1. Community Impact for its enhanced bystander CPR (EBCPR) program designed to increase lay rescuer comfort with performing CPR and improve familiarity with how to properly use an AED. In the year prior to the program, bystander CPR rates for sudden cardiac arrest were 41.9% and public AED usage was 6.6%. Following EBCPR, bystander CPR rates increased to 49%, and public AED usage increased to 11.3%.  
  
2. Clinical Service/Patient Outcomes for its CPR Highly Defined (CPR-HD) program that created a uniform approach and system for cardiac arrest management that could be replicated throughout the service area.

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