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Rio Rancho Fire Rescue adds on-scene plasma, advanced airway tools and plans two station projects
Summary
Deputy Chief Jake Bailey told the mayor and council that the department has added liquid plasma, emergency chest decompression and medication-facilitated airway management to its field care toolbox and outlined timelines for Fire Station 8 and a Station 3 apparatus-bay addition.
Deputy Chief Jake Bailey told the Rio Rancho mayor and governing body that Rio Rancho Fire Rescue has added three hospital-level interventions to its field care capabilities and is advancing two station projects aimed at improving response coverage.
"These are all special skills," Bailey said, describing liquid plasma administration, finger thoracostomy (emergency chest decompression) and medication-facilitated airway management (MFAM). He said the skills are not normally within New Mexico paramedics' scope and credited the department's medical director and EMS division for the training and approvals.
Bailey said liquid plasma — a blood product used in the field for patients with severe…
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