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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-25-20 City Commission Packet Materials - C4. Adoption of Grant of 26 AEDs DPHHS MT Cardiac Ready Communities Commission Memorandum REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Steve Crawford Chief Bozeman Police SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to sign for the adoption of a grant for 26 Automated Electronic Defibrillators as part of the State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services “Montana Cardiac Ready Communities” MEETING DATE: August 25th, 2020 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: CONSENT RECOMMENDATION: Recommend the adoption of the “Montana Cardiac Ready Communities” grant, which includes 26 Automatic Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) for use by the Bozeman Police Department. STRATEGIC PLAN: Adoption of the grant is in keeping with broad goal of “3.1 Public Safety: Support high quality public safety programs, emergency preparedness, facilities, and leadership”. SUGGESTED MOTION: Authorize the City Manager to sign the transfer of ownership agreement for the Lifepak CR2 Defibrillators with the Department of Health and Human Services. BACKGROUND: Currently the BPD has 4 aging AEDs which are rotated between shifts and different vehicles in different beats in the city of Bozeman. This program already has a track record of being directly attributable to saving lives in Bozeman. Adoption of the grant will allow the BPD to significantly expand the program by placing an AED in far more vehicles and insure an AED is dispatched to every call. Additionally this will allow other units (School resource officers and Detectives) to have AEDs available for their calls, and AEDs in police spaces (various stations). Having an AED at a cardiac event has a proven positive impact on reducing mortality and helping first responders determine the type and level of care. Police officers are often the first among all responders to arrive on scene and the implementation of a robust AED program allows there to be an AED earlier at the scene of an emergency. UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None. ALTERNATIVES: Not applicable 63 FISCAL EFFECTS: There is no initial/continuing fiscal obligation. The project includes replacements for used materials. Secondary fiscal effects (such as the costs to train officers) are already part of the current AED program, so no fiscal increases are expected. Attachments: AED Memo.pdf Cardiac Ready.pdf Transfer Agreement.pdf Report compiled on: 08/11/2020 64 LIFEPAK CR2 DEFIBRILLATOR Transfer of Ownership Agreement Print information for person signing agreement: Organization: _________________________ Authorizing Agent: ________________________________________ Mailing Address: ____________________________________ Physical Address: ________________________________________ City, State, Zip: _____________________MT___________ Phone Number: ___________________________ Email: ____________________________________ In exchange for training and grant of the LifePak CR2 Defibrillators, the Organization named above assumes sole and exclusive responsibility for all aspects of use, attempted use, or non-use of the Units. The Organization understands, acknowledges and agrees that the LifePak CR2 Defibrillators provided by DPHHS are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties of any kind whether express or implied. (All warranties by Stryker / Physio-Control still apply). In addition, we agree that our organization will participate in project data collection and evaluation efforts as conducted by the Cardiac Ready Communities Program. Data generated by the devices will be transmitted to the LifeNet cloud data system to be utilized for evaluation of the impact of the project. Data will be accessed by the Cardiac Ready Communities Program and used for education and evaluation purposes only. Data will also be transmitted to Stryker for the purposes of troubleshooting and pad/battery replacement purposes. We agree to send an appropriate number of individuals to represent our organization to a “train the trainer” session. This individual (individuals) will be responsible for educating our staff on the use of the Units upon return from training. The Cardiac Ready Communities Program will provide periodic updates and training by Master Trainers. We further agree competencies and/or remedial training schedules will be developed by our agency for the LifePak CR2 defibrillators, including periodic CPR training using training models of the devices available from the Cardiac Ready Communities Program. In the event we are unable to continue the First Responder AED program for any reason in the first 3 years after receipt of the Units, they will be returned to the Cardiac Ready Communities Program. Montana law governs this Agreement. Any litigation concerning this Agreement must be brought in the First Judicial District in and for the County of Lewis and Clark, State of Montana, and each party shall pay its own costs and attorney fees. No statements, promises, or inducements made by the parties or their agents are valid or binding if not contained in this Agreement. Except as may be otherwise provided by its terms, this Agreement may not be enlarged, modified or altered except by written amendment signed by the parties to this Agreement. 65 This agreement will be active upon signatures of both parties and organization’s receipt of the LifePak CR2 Defibrillators. SIGNATURES For the Organization: ___________________________________________ __________________ Signature Date ___________________________________________ Print Name For the EMS and Trauma Systems Section: ___________________________________________ __________________ Jim DeTienne, Supervisor Date EMS and Trauma Systems Section Date Department of Public Health and Human Services For office use: Number of LifePak CR2 Defibrillators _________________ 66 Home » Cardiac Ready Communities Initiative The Montana Department of Public Healthand Human Services is pleased to be the recipient of a gift of $3.2 million from The Leona M. and Harry B.Helmsley Charitable Trust, one of the nation’s largest foundations, to implement a three-year Cardiac Ready Communities initiative in Montana. The Problem Cardiac arrest is a condition in which abnormal heart rhythms, called arrhythmias, cause the heart's electricalimpulses to suddenly become chaotic. When cardiac arrest occurs, the heart stops abruptly, the victim collapsesand quickly loses consciousness. Death usually follows unless a normal heart rhythm is restored withinminutes. The recommended protocols for treating cardiac arrest include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)and defibrillation (electric shock to the heart). Over one-quarter of all deaths in Montana are attributed to cardiovascular disease. Many of these patients willdie before reaching a hospital. When a heart attack occurs, a fast and accurate medical response is crucial. Eachminute that the heart is deprived of oxygen increases the chances of damaging or destroying part of the heartmuscle. About 80 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occur in private or residential settings, yet only a thirdof these patients receive bystander CPR. The Project In collaboration with stakeholders including EMS services, hospitals, community leaders and the public, this Montana Cardiac Ready Communities project will enhance many essential elements of the cardiac arrest chain of survival: a public education campaign on heart attack signs and symptoms and the need to activate the 9-1-1 system; citizen hands-only CPR; public access defibrillation programs; training on high performance CPR forambulance services and hospitals; and a system-wide data tool for quality measurement and improvement.Targeted funding will be provided to deploy automatic compression devices to EMS services and hospital to aidin the delivery of quality CPR and cardiac care. This initiative represents a significant investment in Montana’s emergency medical system, especially in ourrural areas. There is a great need for development of a statewide cardiac care program for Montana which helpsstimulate better patient outcomes from cardiac events. The rural nature of Montana often prevents even the bestof emergency service systems from arriving at rural scenes in time to help cardiac arrest patients. Hence, thedevelopment of Cardiac Ready Communities around the deployment of automatic compression devices offers aunique opportunity to improve several elements of a system of cardiac care. A key strategy of this project is to advance care in all EMS agencies and hospitals in the State by installing automated chest compression devices to perform CPR when cardiac arrest patients present or are encountered. Because the automated chest compression device delivers effective and consistent chest compressions with a minimum of interruptions, implementation of this life-saving equipment will provide the patient with the best available chance for survival. CPR performed at consistent depths and rates of compression, and with minimalinterruption, improves outcomes while the patient is being treated and transported as well as in the hospital.Utilization of chest compression devices has the potential to increase survival rates 30% to 50%. Specificbenefits of the equipment include: Cardiac Ready https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/emsts/cardiacready 1 of 2 8/13/2020, 8:43 AM 67 ► The chest compression device performs 100 compressions per minute with a depth of 2 inches with the same efficiency for all patients. ► The device allows for complete chest wall recoil after each compression and provides a 50% duty cycle, which allows for equal compression and relaxation time for the chest wall. ► Restoring blood flow to normal levels will help responders establish an intravenous line due to the inflationof the veins making it easier to find a vein to start the line and administer appropriate drug therapies. ► The automated chest compression device will circulate drugs faster and more completely improving thechances of inducing a rhythm that can be defibrillated. ► Using the device will reduce the stress and strain on responders and make the transport safer as the respondercan be seated to perform treatment instead of standing over the patient. ► The device reduces rib fractures and cartilage damage compared to manual compression during CPR. Project Goal Equip EMS services and hospitals with automated CPR devices as well as support a broader goal to increasesurvival from sudden cardiac arrest through Cardiac Ready Communities. Project Strategy Provide leadership to facilitate the development and implementation of components of Cardiac ReadyCommunities including use of dispatch CPR, public hands-only CPR and AEDs, as well as EMS and hospitalhigh performance CPR enhanced with automated compression devices. Proposed Project Outcome Increased survival of cardiac patients through development and implementation of a high-performance cardiac care system. Cardiac Ready https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/emsts/cardiacready 2 of 2 8/13/2020, 8:43 AM 68