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| Call Number: | 41774 |
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Community risk reduction strategies: surviving cardiac arrest |
| Author(s): | Scott, Michael P. ; Kent. Fire Department. |
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| Description: | 84 p. |
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| Publication Data: | Emmitsburg, MD : National Fire Academy. February 2008 |
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| Identifier/s: | Accession No.: 128702 |
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| Type of Item: | (EFO PAPER)  |
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www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo41774.pdf (353.3 kb) |
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| Subjects: | 1. RISK EVALUATION 2. PREVENTIVE MEASURES 3. HEART ATTACK |
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| Series Data: | Executive Fire Officer Program. Applied Research Project |
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| Summary/abstract: | - Community risk reduction strategies involve more than deployment of emergency resources and distribution of fire stations. Little is done to determine whether community cardiac risk prevention programs supported by fire agencies are effective. Sound community risk management programs involve the efforts of an entire community to develop mitigation strategies that address multiple aspects of a risk issue. Current statistics suggest the chances of an individual surviving cardiac arrest is less than 10% nationwide. If this statistic was representative of our ability to suppress building fires, there would be grounds for public out-cry. This paper focuses on mitigation strategies to reduce mortality associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) within the Kent Fire Department service area using descriptive research utilizing three survey instruments.
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| Notes: | Kent, WA; Strategies for Community Risk Reduction; Abstracts for EFO papers are written by the author |
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| Availability: | Available on Interlibrary Loan |
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| Copies: | - c.1: DOCUMENT ROOM - ROOM 209 [Status: IN]
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