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Traverse City Fire and EMS report rare perfect outcomes for shockable cardiac arrests
Summary
City fire and EMS leaders described four recent out‑of‑hospital resuscitations in which patients with shockable rhythms survived and were discharged neurologically intact; officials credited training, equipment and community support.
Traverse City fire and emergency medical services leaders told the City Commission on Sept. 2 that recent resuscitation work produced unusually good outcomes in several cardiac arrest cases. Interim City Manager Benjamin Marinette and EMS Administrator Katherine Dunklow described four instances in which patients were without a pulse when first found, received on‑scene care and were later discharged from hospital “neurologically intact.” The commission heard that when EMS crews arrived and found a shockable heart rhythm, every such patient in Traverse City this year survived and went home, a result local officials said…
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