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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: JUNE 12, 2017
AGENDA #: 6B
PREPARED BY: MARK ELLIOTT, POLICE CHIEF
PRESENTED BY: MARK ELLIOTT, POLICE CHIEF
AGENDA ITEM: PRESENTATION OF RESQCPR SYSTEM
PRESENTATION: Towards the end of 2016, Allina Medical Director, Dr. Charles Lick
approached first responder agencies within the south district of Allina EMS
for the possible donation of FDA approved ResQ CPR System developed
by Zoll. The City of Prior Lake received several of these devices between
fire and police. I am happy to announce Prior Lake Police and Fire
Departments have received the ResQ CPR System for our responders to
help improve survivability of sudden cardiac arrest calls. These devices are
funded by the St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Saints Health Fund
Foundation.
The ResQ Pump greatly enhances the
efficacy of traditional CPR. The ResQCPR
System is a combination of two medical
devices, the ResQPUMP® ACD-CPR
device and the ResQPOD® Impedance
Threshold Device (ITD). The devices are
used together during CPR to create an
enhanced vacuum in the chest that improves
blood flow to the brain and vital organs
during states of low blood flow such as
cardiac arrest.
When patients experience cardiac arrest,
they require enhanced blood flow to provide
sufficient oxygen to vital organs. One way to
improve outcomes in states of low blood flow
is to enhance negative pressure in the chest
by using intrathoracic pressure regulation (IPR), an innovative therapy that
leverages the body’s own physiology to improve cardiac output and blood
flow to the brain. By enhancing negative pressure in the chest, IPR therapy
provides patients in states of low blood flow with better perfusion to the brain
and vital organs leading to better outcomes.
In a large clinical trial of over 1600 patients, the device combination was
shown to improve survival to one year from out-of-hospital, non-traumatic
cardiac arrest by 49% when compared to treatment with conventional
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). According to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the ResQCPR System is the first and only CPR device
indicated to improve the likelihood of survival in adults who have
experienced non-traumatic sudden cardiac arrest.
The Prior Lake police and fire departments have trained all their responders
on the use of the devices and deployed them in the responder vehicles in
May. With the addition of these devices we hope to significantly increase
the effectiveness of CPR performed by our staff in our community, and thus
increase survivability for cardiac arrest victims.
Police and fire personnel will demonstrate the use of the devices and Allina
EMS Medical Director Dr. Charles Lick and Associate Medical Director Dr.
Andrew Stevens will be present as well to discuss the partnership and
medical benefit of these devices.