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Subcommittee backs updated training for 911 dispatchers to deliver pre‑arrival medical instructions
Summary
AB 2041 would expand requirements for emergency dispatch centers to provide evidence‑based pre‑arrival medical instructions. Dispatch professionals described multiple cases where such instructions doubled survival odds in cardiac arrest. The subcommittee moved the bill to appropriations after amendments negotiated with opponents.
Assemblymember Carrillo asked the subcommittee to expand on last year’s work by requiring public‑safety agencies to ensure 911 dispatchers can give pre‑arrival medical instructions on choking, CPR, childbirth, bleeding control and other emergencies.
Katharina McNulty, who said she has worked in emergency dispatch for 23 years, described three separate calls in which pre‑arrival instructions converted bystanders into lifesaving…
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