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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death at His Fire Station in Georgia
On June 17, 2004, a 47-year-old male firefighter (FF) suffered cardiac dysrhythmia and was found pulseless and apneic shortly after 1900 hours while on duty at his fire station. Despite ALS treatment at the scene, en route, and at the hospital, the FF was pronounced dead at the hospital's Emergency Department (ED) at 1948 hours. On September 7, 2004, NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department (FD) to gather more information on the fatality. On September 27, 2004, an occupational physician from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Team traveled to Georgia to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death at His Fire Station in Georgia
On June 17, 2004, a 47-year-old male firefighter (FF) suffered cardiac dysrhythmia and was found pulseless and apneic shortly after 1900 hours while on duty at his fire station. Despite ALS treatment at the scene, en route, and at the hospital, the FF was pronounced dead at the hospital's Emergency Department (ED) at 1948 hours. On September 7, 2004, NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department (FD) to gather more information on the fatality. On September 27, 2004, an occupational physician from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Team traveled to Georgia to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death at His Fire Station in Georgia
2005
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Emergency Services & Planning , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Occupational safety and health , Accident investigations , Fire fighters , Cardiac arrest , Fatalities , Cardiovascular disease , Autopsy , Emergency response , Georgia , Recommendations , Automated edternal defibrillator(AED) , Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) , Advanced life support(ALS)