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In a news release from Anne Arundel County Professional Fire Fighters, Local 1563, new program guidelines will change the way cardiac arrest victims are treated. The purpose is to improve survival outcomes. In Anne Arundel County, the survivability rate, outside of the hospital, is about seven percent. In Seattle, Washington they are nearing a 50 [...]

From Anne Arundel County Fire Departmentspokesman Chief Michael Cox: As part of County Executive John R. Leopold’s efforts to support those in need, County Executive John R. Leopold and Fire Chief John Robert Ray have donated fifteen Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) that were being replaced by the Fire Department to the Connor Cares Foundation in [...]

A construction worker accidentally shot himself with a nail gun while working on a new home in the Triton Woods neighborhood (off of Shoreham Beach Road). The incident was called in at 11:38 a.m. on Monday. According to a dispatch report, there were multiple wounds, including one to the chest and one to the hand. [...]

Press release from Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Chief Michael Cox: The Anne Arundel County Fire Department has partnered with Anne Arundel Medical Center, the Annapolis Fire Department, Starbucks Coffee, and Whole Foods Markets to sponsor Save a Life: Annapolis CPR Day.  The event will be held Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 9 a.m. [...]