Man saved at Yonkers deli thanks firefighters who brought him back: Why Not Empress?

[x635 4,066]

Good job by Yonkers FF's. But why is Empress EMS ALWAYS a footnote in these stories? I'm sure their EMT's and Paramedics had a big part in his survival as well. It seems these stories come out a few times a year about Yonkers FF's saving someone, and Empress EMS is ALWAYS a footnote. Maybe writing a paragraph about how some of the best EMT's and Paramedics in Westchester were a crucial part of it? Or inviting Empress EMS to the photo op/press conference?

 

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/03/25/yonkers-firefighters-save-man-thanked/82246058/

[trauma74 111]

EMS is the bastard step child that nobody ever acknowledges. Seth, you have been around long enough and have seen it numerous times. It's sad.

[davymark 1]

The guys from Empress are literally in the picture.

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9 minutes ago, davymark said:

The guys from Empress are literally in the picture.

 

They certainly are. I missed that. However, they are just referred to by name and the generic "Empress personnel" label, while the Fire Lt. is referred to by the title he earned, just like the title of EMT and Paramedic is hard earned. And in press conferences in the past, they've been left out.  Empress should have been given the chance to speak, however.

 

Yonkers firefighters and Empress EMT's and Paramedics save lives all the time together. I wish the media on both the PIO and News sides would highlight how early access to good BLS CPR by Yonkers fire sustained this victim, and when the EMT's and Paramedics arrived they initiated advanced cardiac life support procedures. Because of the teamwork and system in place in Yonkers, this guy survived.

[bad box 371]

"Firefighters attached an automated external defibrillator to Cipullo and performed CPR. They shocked him with the AED and continued performing CPR with the help of a LUCAS CPR device, which administers chest compressions.

Yonkers police and Empress EMS then arrived and helped care for Cipullo, who was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville."

 

It seems that the patient is grateful for YFD's quick response [the reason so many communities dispatch the nearest fire company to life threatening medical emergencies as first responders]. The article gives credit to both YPD and the private ambulance company for their part in the patient's treatment and transport.

Edited March 26, 2016 by bad box