Medic One Foundation funds Dispatch Academy to teach 9-1-1 dispatchers how to improve cardiac arrest survival rates

Today, Seattle Medic One and King County EMS conducted the Dispatch Academy, a program funded by the Medic One Foundation that is designed to teach 9-1-1 dispatchers how to improve cardiac arrest survival rates in their communities. The program gives antendees an in-depth, comprehensive look at the King County Dispatcher-Assisted CPR program and provides mentoring for the development of a dispatcher training program. Effective Dispatcher-Assisted CPR programs can effectively double the rate of community bystander CPR. The Dispatch-Assisted CPR programs in Seattle and King County play a critical role in our region achieving a cardiac arrest survival rate that is almost twice the national average.

The academy is being held at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Take Back Your Meds PSA KIRO 97.3

Check out the Take Back Your Meds PSA on KIRO 97.3.

Jim Williams, executive director of Washington Poison Center speaks to KIRO radio on the Take Back Your Meds program. The program, proposed as Senate bill 5234, would require the pharmacy industry to devise a plan to safely dispose of drugs, keeping prescription pills out of the wrong hands.