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SFFD EMS report: cardiac-arrest metric change, Suboxone starts rise and praise for non-police response pilots
Summary
Deputy Chief Sandra Tong briefed the commission on July EMS data, including a methodological change that excluded traumatic arrests from cardiac-arrest survival rates (121 resuscitation attempts; 31 ROSC), an increase in Suboxone starts from 3 to 9, and positive NYU findings on non-police street teams (SCRT/SORT).
Deputy Chief Sandra Tong and EMS staff reported to the Fire Commission on Aug. 14 that the department adjusted how it calculates cardiac-arrest survival to exclude traumatic arrests (for example, shootings or falls), focusing the metric on medical arrests. Tong reported that in July the department attempted resuscitation in 121 cases and achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in 31 of them.
Tong also summarized EMS operational patterns: call volume was slightly down overall in July but included…
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