Tennessee Dispatchers Required To Offer CPR Directions
Tennessee will require dispatchers to be able to give directions on how to perform CPR over the phone starting in 2021. Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said he agrees with the law and supports making this training mandatory. Farris said most of his dispatchers have already gone through this training, but there’s more to the […]
Putnam Looks to Replace Aging Defibrillators
Putnam County is looking to replace 12 to 15 of its public access defibrillators to avoid aging defibrillators from failing during an emergency. EMS Chief Tommy Copeland said the public accessing the defibrillators early on provides a high probability of bringing someone back in cardiac arrest. “We’ve had some good saves with people that were […]
