2008 Tulip Pedal
Mark your calendars for the 27th Annual Tulip Pedal!  See all the details.

......................................................................................[return to top]

2006 EMS Awards
The 2006 EMS BBQ and Awards Ceremony was a success!  See who won the 2006 E.M.S. awards!

......................................................................................[return to top]

Eschmann Stylet Protocol
ALS PERSONNEL:  Please note that the Eschmann Stylet Protocol became effective 3/3/06.

......................................................................................[return to top]

Sedro-Woolley High School Student Saves Baby From Choking

SEDRO-WOOLLEY – Just two days after taking CPR and first aid instruction in her high school’s health class, senior Renee Buchanan found herself having to put to use the skills she learned.

While staffing the nursery at her church, where she volunteers on Sundays and Wednesdays, a 16-month-old girl started choking on a goldfish cracker. Buchanan said the child wasn’t breathing.

“She just fell over and I saw that her neck was turning a different color,” she said.

After checking her airway, Buchanan turned the child over and gave her back blows, the procedure used to dislodge objects in choking infants. The cracker popped out, and after the girl cried and fussed for a bit, she found her toy and went back to playing, Buchanan said.

This simple skill saved a baby from choking. Safe Kids Worldwide reports that each year in this country at least 150 small children die from choking on food, toys and other small objects.

Buchanan had taken a CPR class while in the eighth grade but had never used her skills. Then in November, Buchanan took a CPR and first-aid class from Skagit County EMS Commission educators, in her health class, taught by Amy Voorhees. The commission offers CPR and first-aid training to high school students in Skagit County, as well as to the general public. To date in 2005, the Commission has trained approximately 1,400 people throughout Skagit County.

Buchanan said her training was well-timed. She said she didn’t panic – which is what she remembered being told not to do by her CPR instructors should someone need help.

“I remembered everything,” Buchanan said. “If it would have come earlier, I wouldn’t have been prepared.”

Earl Klinefelter, the commission’s senior EMS instructor, noted that quick thinking makes the difference between life and death.

“In those few seconds, doing the right thing at the right time saved this child’s life,” Klinefelter said.  “That’s what emergency care is all about.”

......................................................................................[return to top]

Adult Intraosseus Infusion Protocol
ALS PERSONNEL:  Please note that the Adult Intraosseus Infusion Protocol became effective 11/25/05.

.........................................................................          ...[return to top]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

© 2006 Skagit County EMS Commission
All Rights Reserved

Webmaster contact: email@skagitems.com
Web Site Design by CREDOgraphics