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SFFD expands community paramedicine — testing stroke headband, offering buprenorphine after reversals and seeking funds for mass‑evacuation buses
Summary
Deputy Chief Sandra Tong reported the department is piloting the MIND Rhythm stroke‑detection headband, has used two donated Muni buses for a recent mass evacuation in Oakland and is offering buprenorphine to overdose survivors while pursuing poison‑control training to enable direct field administration.
Deputy Chief Sandra (Sandy) Tong told the commission that EMS and community paramedicine work is expanding with several operational pilots and research efforts. Tong said EMS averaged about 350 responses per day in October (a ~7% increase year‑over‑year) and the department added 60 FTEs to ambulance staffing, increasing daily shifts and reducing ambulance availability strain.
One trial the department began in October is the MIND Rhythm study, a headband device placed on patients suspected of having a stroke to help detect large‑vessel occlusions so crews can…
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