The Delphi Fire Department released information regarding the additional services the department offers the Carroll County community aside from fighting fires that have developed through numerous trainings.
– Photos courtesy of Delphi Fire Department
The department stated that the firefighters do not solely respond to fires, crashes and gas alarms, and the first responders also respond to medical calls when medics require additional assistance in different cases. Medical cases that may be attended by a firefighter from the department include instances where a patient is unresponsive or in cardiac arrest.
Earlier this month, the firefighters at the department completed their biannual American Heart Association CPR certifications to ensure that every officer is properly trained on how to respond to situations that require CPR and quick actions to help an unresponsive patient. Members of the department were instructed on proper basic airway management, the most up-to-date CPR standards and proper AED usage for instances of cardiac arrest. The training was led by members of the St. Vincent team.
The department continued to release information to aid community members in addressing situations where teens or adults experience cardiac arrest. The department encouraged community members involved in a situation of cardiac arrest to call 911 immediately to notify emergency services for dispatch and push hard and fast in the center of the chest for hands-only CPR to the beat at 100 to 120 beats per minute until first responders arrive.
The department stated that 70% of cardiac arrests that occur outside of the hospital are within one’s home.
“You could be saving the life of someone you love by calling 911 and performing hands-only CPR,” the department reported.
The Delphi Fire Department has also experienced a busy fall season due to reports of fires that swept through different areas of Delphi, including reports of cob pile fires, residential fires and more that the department responded to and extinguished.