NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Friday, August 2, 2013
INCIDENTS
Mesa Verde NP
Heart Attack Victim Saved Through Prompt Intervention
On Saturday, July 27th, park staff responded to a report of a 71-year-old man who had collapsed in the Cliff Palace parking lot. Two teenage visitors who happen to be lifeguards with CPR training immediately began to administer effective CPR.
A park medic and rangers arrived on the scene eight minutes after the call was received and took over patient care. Rangers used an HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_external_defibrillator" AED and delivered four shocks. The park medic was also able to administer medications to the patient via an HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraosseous_infusion" intraosseus infusion (IO). After they worked on the man for 10 minutes, his pulse returned and he was able to breathe on his own.
The man was transported to an ICU via helicopter by Tri-State Care Flight personnel out of Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colorado.
The attending flight nurse later contacted park staff and congratulated them for doing a “fabulous job” in handling the incident. A successful chain of survival requires early and effective CPR, early AED use, and quick transport to definitive medical care. In this situation every step in the chain was met and the ultimate outcome was very good. The park is planning to recognize the young visitors who stepped in immediately and put their lifeguard CPR training to excellent use.
According to the Tri-State flight medic, the actions taken by park staff definitely saved the man's life.
[Jessie Farias, Chief Ranger]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):
National Mall and Memorial Parks - The park's historic preservation crew and National Capital Region's architectural conservator have for the last few days been doing the painstaking work needed to remove paint splashed by a vandal on the statue of President Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
Today's Almanac - There is a slight risk of severe weather today over portions of the Great Plains. Heat advisories are up for eastern Texas and western Louisiana.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP - Dozens of visitors came to Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller on Saturday, July 20th, to participate in the first-ever Vermont Atlas of Life field day.
Keweenaw NHP - On July 26th, Keweenaw National Historical Park hosted a ceremony that inducted Annie “Big Annie” Clemenc into Labor's International Hall of Fame.
Bandelier NM - Gary Roybal, the park's museum technician and Native American liaison, retired on July 31st.
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