Oakwood Donates Heart Attack Treatment Units to Dearborn Fire Department
New portable EKG units, presented to the department this month, will help cut action times for all Dearborn EMS responders.
The Oakwood Healthcare System donated five new portable EKG units to the Dearborn Fire Department that will help cut treatment time for heart attacks more than in half. On Wednesday at Oakwood Hospital, members of the Dearborn Fire Department joined the Oakwood cardiac team and Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly to present the new technology–also known as the Life-Pak 15. The national standard time for treatment of patients under cardiac arrest is about 90 minutes. However, recent cases involving the new EKG systems have resulted in treatment times less than 30 minutes by allowing EMS units to send information about the patient directly to the hospital from their vehicle. Each unit runs about $65,000, which totaled a $165,000 donation, according…
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