Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Trophy Club spotlights EMS Week; medical director credits fast prehospital care for high survival rates
Summary
At the May 26 meeting the council honored EMS Week and heard from Dr. Rob Hancock, medical director for the regional Best EMS system, who described protocols, rapid stroke triage and said local cardiac arrest survival rates are several times the national average. Free CPR classes and AED placement were highlighted.
The Trophy Club Town Council used its community spotlight on May 26 to recognize EMS Week and to highlight local emergency medical services programs and outcomes.
Councilman Flynn presented the EMS crew onstage and described the weeklong national observance. The council and fire leadership emphasized free community services — including hands‑only CPR training, an automated external defibrillator program with roughly 15 devices placed around town, a certified child passenger safety technician program and a voluntary “response ready” registry to speed access during medical responses.
Dr. Rob Hancock, the medical director for the Best EMS medical control system that covers multiple agencies, outlined his duties —protocol approval, training and 24/7 physician availability — and described how the prehospital system shortens time to definitive care. "If you have a cardiac arrest, you're three times more likely to survive than the national average," Hancock said, and he credited quick bystander CPR, rapid EMS response and coordinated hospital alerts for stroke and heart attack cases.
Hancock described an app‑based prehospital alert system that notifies Baylor Grapevine physicians and neurointerventional teams when paramedics suspect a large‑vessel occlusion stroke; that preparation, he said, can shave minutes and improve outcomes by moving patients directly to CT and the neurointerventional suite. Council members praised EMS personnel and encouraged residents to learn hands‑only CPR; the presenters said the class can be taught in 10 minutes to an hour depending on group size.
The council also invited the EMS shift crew forward for photographs and publicly thanked them for their service.
