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0 • 11.D. SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF 4 AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS WITH ACCESSORIES - EMS MATCHING GRANT FUNDS - PHYSIO -CONTROL The Board reviewed a Memorandum of February 2, 1998: TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners FROM: Pat Callahan, Director Recreation Department IjCL+ DATE: February 2,1998 SUBJECT: Authorization to Sole Source Purchase Four (4) Automatic External Defibrillators With Accessories From EMS Matching Grant Funds It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at the next scheduled meeting. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Matching Grant program, assists private and public organizations in improving and expanding emergency prehospital EMS systems. Funds are collected from various traffic fines and related cost proceedings as authorized by Chapter 401, part H, Florida Statutes. These fimds are deposited into the EMS trust fund with forty percent of the funds collected being used for the EMS Matching Grant Program. Staff is requesting the purchase of four (4) Automatic External Defibrillators for use by the county lifeguards. The funding for the new equipment is structured as follows: Equipment CounjX Match ate Match Total Four (4) LifePak 500 $ 3,550.00 $10,650.00 $14,200.00 Automated External Defibrillators ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS County Lifeguards regularly respond to medical emergencies on county beaches and are an integral part of the EMS Team. Lifeguards are trained at the EMT level and provide first -responder care on medical, trauma, and water related emergencies to victims prior to the arrival of county paramedics. Cardiac arrest means certain death when neither CPR nor defibrillation is used. If a first -responder begins CPR within two minutes, survival chances rise to between 2% and 8%. When both CPR and defibrillation occur within eight minutes, the likelihood of survival goes up to 20%. This figure rises to 30% when the victim receives a combination of CPR and defibrillation within four minutes and paramedic intervention within eight minutes. Enabling lifeguards to utilize an automatic external defibrillator will allow for rapid defibrillation delivering an electrical current within the first few minutes after sudden cardiac arrest improving the patients chance for survival. The request for sole source authorization to purchase the Physio Control LifePak 500 automatic external defibrillators is predicated on the fact that the EMS Division has in place a Physio Control AED trainer. The LifePak 500 will interface with the defibrillator carried on board county ambulances and software is available at no charge to interface both the EMT and paramedic response documentation. The Physio Control unit is comparable in cost to other units on the market. FEBRUARY 10, 1998 -43- f'��f•, '-..�� FrE-. 3`4 L