Paramedic Training Instructor/Coordinator Found Dead in His Quarters – OH

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• Alternative Title:
  Paramedic Training Instructor/Coordinator Found Dead in His Quarters - Ohio
• Personal Author:
  Ross, Clara Sue ; Hales, Thomas R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Description:
  Death in the Line of Duty…a Summary of a NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation
  
  On March 29, 2010, a 56-year-old male career Paramedic Training Instructor/Coordinator (PTI/C) was found dead his quarters in the fire department's (FD) training facility. He was serving in his regular assignment as a PTI/C, and was working alone before his collapse. He was last seen by a co-worker on March 26 providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training at a local church as part of the FD's community relations program. On March 29, a co-worker noticed the PTI/C's vehicle in the facility's parking lot and went to check on him. He was discovered in a state of rigor mortis in his quarters at approximately 1604 hours. Dispatch was alerted and CPR was started as emergency responders arrived on scene at 1607 hours. After assessing the PTI/C, emergency responders pronounced him dead at 1610 hours. The death certificate listed "cardiopulmonary arrest" as the immediate cause of death with "hyperlipidemia," "CVA," and "HTN" as underlying causes. No autopsy or toxicology testing was performed. It is unlikely that any of the following recommendations could have prevented the PTI/C's death. Nonetheless, NIOSH investigators offer the following recommendations to address general safety and health issues. 1. Modify the policy for fire fighter exercise stress tests. 2. Provide an annual medical evaluation to all fire fighters. 3. Consider performing annual physical performance (physical ability) evaluations for all members. 4. Perform an autopsy on all on-duty fire fighter fatalities. 5. Phase in a mandatory wellness and fitness program for fire fighters.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Firefighters Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Heart Medical-screening OSHA Region 5 Physical-fitness Physical-stress
• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Medical ; Cardiovascular: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Vascular Disease) ; Cardiovascular: Arrhythmia
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Subseries:
  Death in the Line of Duty Report
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACEF201106
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042301
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-105762
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE F2011-06, 2013 Mar ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2010/03/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:413f48a439a3fe06b77d2f119c8edab45952249d7247af34e74a767d94ccfb1ef23be5845039741f7dfeaa0bc7059ccccbd501463be7238fe48d312b5672c73b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163467/cdc_163467_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 520.46 KB ]