HUNTNGTON COMMUNITY FIRST AID SQUAD SAVES 14 YEAR OLD IN CARDIAC ARREST

Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) was called to a residence on East 3^rd Street at 9:35 AM Monday morning for a child in seizures.  Up arrival the crew found a 14 year old male in full cardiac arrest. Manual CPR was started and the LUCAS, a compression system that provides standardized chest compressions, was applied. An IV was established, the patient was given 3 shocks and meds ordered by Suffolk County Medical Control were administered by the Advanced Life Support provider on scene. The patient was transported to Huntington Hospital. On arrival at the ER the patient had a normal blood pressure, normal heart rhythm and a normal oxygen level.  He was subsequently sent by Medivac to Cohen’s Children Hospital in New Hyde Park.

Pict-L-R, Richard Stone, Sharyn Cullen-Kutcher, Richard Rudolph, Anthony Cambareri,Robert Biersack