>> Howard County (MD) Department of Fire and Rescue Services CAPTAIN DALE BECKER was named one of the top 10 emergency medical services (EMS) innovators in the country by the Journal of Emergency Medical Services for his work to advance the method in which emergency medical crews administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During the past year, Becker formed and implemented an initiative to train every provider in Howard County with high-performance CPR. This method of CPR preassigns a role to each crew member so that the crew can save time when performing CPR. As a result, cardiac arrest survival rates in Howard County have more than doubled from 19 to 38 percent. See the full list of EMS 10 innovators at www.jems.com/EMS10.
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