Cpr

CPR is traditionally a hands-on procedure, but Boyle County residents suffering from cardiac arrest now will have chest compressions administered by a machine that emergency personnel say can do the job even better. Four of the AutoPulse devices, which employ a band that encircles a patient’s chest, were purchased recently by Boyle County Emergency Medical Service through a grant from the Ephraim McDowell Healthcare Foundation and funds from Boyle Fiscal Court. Major Aaron Stamper gave a demonstration of the equipment, which is one-of-a-kind in the area, for representatives of the hospital foundation and Boyle County Judge-Executive Harold McKinney.

The Jessamine County Emergency Medical Services crew now has a new tool to use when administering CPR to patients. The Lucas 2, an automatic chest compressor, will act as a set of helping hands to paramedics and EMTs who are performing CPR for an extended period of time. The EMS team received money to purchase the Lucas 2 from the county's Emergency Management Agency/CSEPP program, overseen by John¿V. Carpenter, EMS Director Jerry Domidion said. The machine cost about $15,000, he said.

The Winchester Board of Commissioners honors Barry Spink and Jeff Smith of Leggett & Platt for administrating CPR to their co-worker, Johnnie Patrick, who suffered from cardiac arrest in the company parking lot in October. The pair performed CPR until emergency responders arrived. Pictured are, from left, city commissioners JoEllen Reed, Rick Beach, Kenny Book, Shannon Cox, Fire Marshall Neal Oliver, Mayor Ed Burtner, Spink, Smith, Patrick, paramedic Raymond Patrick and Major Eric Hunter.

LEXINGTON - A man found hanging at Logan-Hubble Memorial Park earlier this week has died. The Fayette County Coroner's office confirmed that Joe Johnson, 36, of Crab Orchard died Thursday. Johnson had been in the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington following an apparent suicide attempt. He was found by Lincoln County deputy sheriffs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when deputies went to train with a K9 unit. He was found in the park's barn area, hanging from a rope possibly used as a horse lead.

Memorial Day will have a significance for Jim Talley for the rest of his life. He will remember it as the day the net he believed should have caught his mother when she had a heart attack failed her. Jim Talley has learned since then that medical device alert companies such as the one to which his mother subscribed are not governed by any laws. And he doesn't want any other families to suffer the way his family has suffered. The fatal incident happened May 28, Talley said.

It could have been a scene from a movie last Wednesday at the Jessamine County courthouse, circuit clerk Doug Fain said. Local, ordinary citizens -  a postman, an attorney and a radiology technician  - selflessly came to the aid of a man they did not know and are possibly the reason he is still alive. And Fain said he could not be more proud of those who live in the community. “I whole-heartedly believe they saved his life,” he said. It happened during the bi-monthly grand-jury indictment hearings when assistant commonwealth's attorney Andy Sims collapsed in a suspected heart attack while presenting the final case of the day to the 12 jurors.  “The good Lord put the right people in the right place at the right time,” Fain said.

BURGIN — A 2-year-old girl remains in critical condition this morning after she nearly drowned Thursday afternoon in a backyard swimming pool in Burgin. Anarae Lefau was discovered unresponsive at the bottom of an above-ground pool at 210 Curdsville Road, where she and her mother, Nina Lafau, were staying temporarily, said Burgin Police Chief Jim Caldwell. The girl’s grandmother, whose name was not immediately available, performed infant CPR at the scene with coaching from a Jessamine County 911 dispatcher, Caldwell said.

Thanks to a federal grant awarded to Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation, Camp Dick Fire Department and other agencies in the area are better equipped to respond to emergencies. Two and one-half years ago, the Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation successfully applied for a Health Resources and Services Administration grant administered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Foundation sought the grant funds in order to improve the availability of automatic external defibrillator (AED)

There's a CSI in town, but it's not investigating crime scenes. Commonwealth Safety Institute, an authorized training center for the American Safety and Health Institute, is here to help ordinary people save lives in extraordinary situations. "I saw it as a need in the community," said J.C. Pendleton, co-director of CSI. "The more people that have (first aid) training the quicker the patient can get what they need to survive. " He added that the first person to arrive on an emergency scene should know what to do, and many times that first responder is an average person.

Community Education is offering the following classes: Piano Lessons for Busy People, Beginning, Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. to noon, $60, GRC music room. Piano Lessons for Busy People, Intermediate, Saturday, March 24, 1 to 4 p.m., $50, GRC music room. Intermediate Excel, Mondays, April 9 to 30, 6 to 8 p.m., $30, GRC computer lab. Spanish for Health Care Professionals and Emergency Workers, Tuesdays, April 10 - May 15, 6 to 8 p.m., $55, Winchester Fire Station #3, Fortune Drive, lower level.

Soon, those in certain areas of Jessamine County will have the power to save someone's life if necessary - no training required. Jessamine County Emergency Medical Services has purchased seven automated external defibrillators (AEDs) it plans to distribute throughout the county. The AEDs will be placed in locations where large groups of people typically gather, EMS director Jerry Domidion said. “If there's a large congregation, there probably will be an AED,” he said.

LEXINGTON - A man found hanging at Logan-Hubble Memorial Park earlier this week has died. The Fayette County Coroner's office confirmed that Joe Johnson, 36, of Crab Orchard died Thursday. Johnson had been in the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington following an apparent suicide attempt. He was found by Lincoln County deputy sheriffs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when deputies went to train with a K9 unit. He was found in the park's barn area, hanging from a rope possibly used as a horse lead.

A woman was struck by lightning Thursday night while working on a farm in southern Jessamine County. According to Jessamine County fire chief Mike Rupard, the woman and her husband were laying water lines near 1191 Crenshaw Lane when the incident happened around 7:20. “The storm came up on them when they were out way back in a field, and the lightning struck her,” he said. Rupard said the husband drove out to U.S. 27 at Bethel Road to flag down firefighters and lead them to his wife.

It's time to bone up on my CPR skills. After reading about Andy Sims' collapse in the grand-jury room, I realize I'm far from prepared enough to help someone in a life-threatening situation. As Doug Fain aptly said, it must have seemed to those present that they were a part of the movie of the week instead of a real-life emergency. I'm sure it must have taken a few moments for them to spring into action, but act they did - heroically, in my opinion. It takes true courage to administer CPR when the subject is apparently already lifeless.

It could have been a scene from a movie last Wednesday at the Jessamine County courthouse, circuit clerk Doug Fain said. Local, ordinary citizens -  a postman, an attorney and a radiology technician  - selflessly came to the aid of a man they did not know and are possibly the reason he is still alive. And Fain said he could not be more proud of those who live in the community. “I whole-heartedly believe they saved his life,” he said. It happened during the bi-monthly grand-jury indictment hearings when assistant commonwealth's attorney Andy Sims collapsed in a suspected heart attack while presenting the final case of the day to the 12 jurors.  “The good Lord put the right people in the right place at the right time,” Fain said.

Thanks to a federal grant awarded to Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation, Camp Dick Fire Department and other agencies in the area are better equipped to respond to emergencies. Two and one-half years ago, the Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation successfully applied for a Health Resources and Services Administration grant administered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Foundation sought the grant funds in order to improve the availability of automatic external defibrillator (AED)

The Jessamine County Emergency Medical Services crew now has a new tool to use when administering CPR to patients. The Lucas 2, an automatic chest compressor, will act as a set of helping hands to paramedics and EMTs who are performing CPR for an extended period of time. The EMS team received money to purchase the Lucas 2 from the county's Emergency Management Agency/CSEPP program, overseen by John¿V. Carpenter, EMS Director Jerry Domidion said. The machine cost about $15,000, he said.

CPR, first aid classes offered The Boyle County Fire Department will offer a CPR and first aid class beginning 8 a.m. April 9 at the fire department headquarters, 1500 Lebanon Road. Cost to take the class is $20, which covers the cost of cards. The class is open to all Boyle County residents. The deadline for registration is April 4. For more information or to register, call Lt. Jim Harris with the Boyle County Fire Education office at (859) 236-8236.  ‘Mohawk tribe’ event scheduled The Woodlawn and Boyle County family resource centers are hosting the “Native American Nations: The Mohawk Tribe” 8:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Boyle County Fairgrounds.

In a single day last week, Lincoln County High School created a virtual army of potential lifesavers by training over 500 students to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on heart attack victims and the Heimlich maneuver on someone who is choking. In a course specially designed for students, the potential lifesavers received training that usually takes over four hours in only 72 minutes. Maurice Witherspoon, who owns and operates Louisville-based  Salvavidas Training Agency, said that the shortened course doesn’t earn students American Heart Association (AHA)

CPR is traditionally a hands-on procedure, but Boyle County residents suffering from cardiac arrest now will have chest compressions administered by a machine that emergency personnel say can do the job even better. Four of the AutoPulse devices, which employ a band that encircles a patient’s chest, were purchased recently by Boyle County Emergency Medical Service through a grant from the Ephraim McDowell Healthcare Foundation and funds from Boyle Fiscal Court. Major Aaron Stamper gave a demonstration of the equipment, which is one-of-a-kind in the area, for representatives of the hospital foundation and Boyle County Judge-Executive Harold McKinney.