Mountainview Fire Recognized for Three CPR Saves this Year

Information from Mountainview Fire and Rescue:

Mountain View Fire and Rescue has received three letters from the King County Public Health, Emergency Services Division. The three letters congratulate the department and specific firefighters who responded to cardiac arrest events and performed CPR successfully resuscitating the victims in 2013, which were later discharged from the hospital.  The patients included an adult male, adult female and an infant male.

Mountain View Firefighter/EMTs training includes an enhanced aggressive CPR method and use of defibrillators that are carried on all first response vehicles. King County's cardiac survival rate has increased from an above-average 27 percent in 2002 to 57 percent today. Many other parts of the nation have survival rates of 10% or less. "We continue to set the bar for the rest of the nation, cardiac survival is a key indicator of the quality of emergency medical response in the District and County", said Chief Smith.

We would like to thank King County Public Health, King County Medic One, our career firefighter/EMTs, volunteer firefighter/EMTs, the dispatchers on the phone and the radio, and the citizens on scene with their assistance with these calls.