[Artemisia] Re: Artemisia Digest, Vol 43, Issue 24

[Reuben and Arwen]

  My husband works for a medical supply company.  If the Kingdom is interested in buying a defibrillator, or any other equipment, he might be able to get it at cost or a reduced rate.  Contact me off list. 
   
  With all due respect to our hardworking SCA officers, they might not be the best people for the job when it comes to emergency life and death matters.  Seneschals are our legal reps, but if there is a mundane professional (police officer, fireman, military, councilor, doctor etc.) at the event and *willing* to help; the seneschal, autocrat and security team needs to know how to find them.  Some form of special gate registration maybe?  Or maybe I'm getting paranoid in my old age...
  Arwen
  
 
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The lack of equipment was also an issue. Fortunately someone had O2 and a stethescope (but there was no BP cuff etc). I understand that the purpose of the chiurgeonate is not to be treating physicians but the lack of any tools was surprising and after this event we at Arn Hold made a significant investment in a modern kit for our Chiurgeon to have at events that he/she might attend.

I was also surprised that there was no resusciation equipment. Every venue that has athletic activity should have a defibrillator - the modern ones are safe and effective in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. I was made to understand that one is not provided due to perceived liability, but my thinking is that having a defibrillator for a major event falls within the ambit of things that ought to be done. The window of time for successful defibrillation does not permit the 20-30 minute delay that we experienced at Uprising for the EMTs to show up and if the case had been a true cardiac emergency it would have been finis for the unfortunate so involved.


       
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