Polk County Fire Rescue adopted a new pediatric resuscitation protocol that gives first responders exact medication dosages during transport. Pediatric cardiac-arrest survival jumped from 0% in 2012 to 78% after implementation. Parent Destiny Pitt shares how the protocol saved her son Landon after he drowned in a pool.
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When a child begins to drown, every second counts to save their life. It's why one Bay Area fire and rescue department has developed a new rescue approach. Parents, you really need to watch this. 10News Polk County Newsroom reporter Marcus Grayson shows you how its unique technique is saving lives.
Catch it. Run.
Destiny Pitt says playtime is something she does not take for granted anymore.
You think you watch your kids enough?
When her son Landon fell into the pool back in March, it changed her life.
He was blue when I pulled him out and lifeless on the ground after arriving.
The Polk County Fire Rescue used a new life saving technique called the Hent Heavy method.
And you're kind of fumbling around with tapes and fumbling around with looking up doses he got in the bullet he was drowning.
The Hand Tevy method is immediately deployed after 911. Operators give first responders key information while traveling to the scene. These rescuers are preparing using the new.
Method here in Polk county. When a first responder arrives on the scene of a drowning, they know exactly the dosage of medication they should give to the child. Dr. Banerjee says that information is a game changer.
We can try to give you every possible chance to give you a good outcome.
Polk county says in 2012 and 2013, before the hand Tethy method was used, the county had a 0% survival rate among pediatric cardiac arrest patients. But in 2014, the method was implemented and the survival rate jumped to 71%. And since January of this year, the survival rate risen to 78%. Destiny says she's got all she wanted for Christmas.
