🚨 Alarming Study on 911 Response Times 🚨 • Median time to transfer 911 calls between centers: 41 sec • 90th percentile transfer time: 86 sec (almost 1.5 min!) • Some agencies seeing transfer times up to 117 sec at 90th percentile #6min2live Source: doi.org/10.1080/109031…

Only 34 US states participate in a cardiac arrest registry (Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) If you're in EMS and you live in one of those states, ask for access to your cardiac arrest outcome data. It's all in CARES. #MeasureandImprove Handtevy

Measure. Care. Act.

I made an unannounced visit to DC's 911 call center (Office of Unified Communications) and took a tour of the center along with staff from Councilmember Brooke Pinto's and my offices and saw what the operation looks like, how calls are handled, and the staffing. These are some of the hardest working employees in DC.

You may be surprised to hear: the top autopsy finding in athletes with SCD is a structurally NORMAL heart. As we wrap up Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, we must be aware of what we know & don't know & where we must invest in science & study. #SportsCardiology

🎉 Help us celebrate 20 years of CARES! 🎉 We're collecting testimonials for our upcoming Annual Report and we'd love to hear from YOU! Share how CARES has impacted you or your community. Your story could be featured in our 20th-anniversary edition! Email to [email protected]

Pediatric High Performance CPR at the 40th Maryland RA Maryland EMSC @DrD@MIEMSS Six Minutes to Live @LaerdalMedical ResuscitationAcademy Hilary Gates Tom Bouthillet Michael D. Herbert Jon Laerdal

Bystander CPR is critical for survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Survival rates drop sharply if CPR starts 10+ mins after collapse. Quick action saves lives! More on this study: ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

Congrats to Forsyth Co. (NC) for registering 555 AEDs and winning the PulsePoint AED Contest! - Nearly 3,000 AEDs were registered in October. - Ten $500 gift cards were awarded. - Five ZOLL AED 3 defibrillators were awarded to Forsyth County. A big thanks to ZOLL Public Safety!

Rons book Treat Them Where They Lie available via Amazon NAEMSP Douglas Kupas, MD, FAEMS, FACEP Peter Antevy Hilary Gates High Performance EMS amazon.com/Treat-Them-Whe…

A Royal remembrance - Douglas Kupas, MD, FAEMS, FACEP reminds us of the time where Ron Stewart recruited Queen Elizabeth to visit and help him out! NAEMSP Ben Abo Brandon Morshedi, MD, DPT, FACEP, FAEMS Hilary Gates High Performance EMS

BREAKING: The HEARTS Act, inspired by Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest on 'Monday Night Football,' unanimously passes the Senate.The bill aims to place AEDs in schools, expand CPR training, and develop cardiac emergency plans. One step closer to becoming law. espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

Six Minutes to Live is proud to announce Prodigy EMS as the founding sponsor of our movement! 💓⏰🚨 Tom Bouthillet, Bob Davis & Hilary Gates created this initiative to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival. More to come! #SixMinutesToLive #CPR #AED #EMS bit.ly/m/Six-Minutes-…

Six Minutes to Live Tom Bouthillet Bob Davis Hilary Gates We are honored to support the Six Minutes to Live team. We are dedicated to educating both the #EMS community and the lay public on the importance of early recognition of #SCA, bystander intervention and system performance!

Six Minutes to Live Prodigy EMS Tom Bouthillet Bob Davis Working alongside my co-founders Tom Bouthillet and Bob Davis is extremely fulfilling. Can't wait to show you what we're up to!

Prodigy EMS Six Minutes to Live Tom Bouthillet Bob Davis So much #gratitude to Prodigy EMS for this support. What an honor to work with James and the Prodigy team. UKROBL Rob Lawrence Maia Dorsett Loshaw Ginger Locke Mark D [email protected] Shane O'Donnell

We are proud to support Six Minutes to Live as the founding sponsor! 💓⏰🚨 Tom Bouthillet, Bob Davis & Hilary Gates created this initiative to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival. Stay tuned for more! #SixMinutesToLive #CPR #AED #EMS bit.ly/m/Six-Minutes-…

Announcing the World Premiere of the "Six Minutes to Live" mini-documentary and movement to save more lives from sudden cardiac arrest. Premieres Tuesday, March 18 at 1:00 PM ET! #cardiacarrest #survival #ems #iam911

"Six Minutes to Live" Documentary Premieres March 18, 2025 - The public is invited to view "Six Minutes to Live," a powerful short film that chronicles the fight to improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) through immediate, effective emergency response. This

Six Minutes to Live: Care, Measure, Act! Our short film is live. youtu.be/_4XVn8cLZ9M?si…