HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06212011 - C.91RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and Authorize the Auditor-Controller to reimburse up to $43,000 to the City of
Concord for purchase of twenty (20) automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be carried
in police patrol cars for emergency medical response upon approval by the Contra Costa
Emergency Medical Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No General Fund impact. Funding will be from County Service Area EM-1 (Measure H).
BACKGROUND:
On March 1, 2011 the Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of sixteen (16) AEDs to
be carried in sergeant patrol cars for the City of Concord Police Department. This Board
Order will approve reimbursement for the purchase of twenty (20) additional AEDs to be
carried in officers’ patrol cars, so that AEDs would be available in all thirty-six (36)
deployable vehicles for response to medical emergencies involving cardiac arrest or
potential for cardiac arrest when able, consistent with police department priorities and
workload. Concord will accept responsibility
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/21/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Pat Frost, 646-4690
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 21, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Tasha Scott, Demetria Gary, Juliene Latteri
C. 91
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:June 21, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Authorization to Reimburse City of Concord for purchase of automated external defibrillators
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
for ongoing training of law enforcement personnel in the use of AEDs and will provide for
maintenance and replacement of AEDs as needed without further cost to the County. In
cases of sudden cardiac arrest, every second delay in administration of a shock using an
AED decreases the chance for survival, and, in many instances, law enforcement personnel
may be able to respond to the scene more quickly than fire or ambulance. Contra Costa
EMS has worked with a number of law enforcement agencies to attain AEDs. County
Service Area EM-1 was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1989 following
countywide voter approval of Measure H to provide funding for enhancements to the
emergency medical system. Funding is available to continue assisting those agencies
desiring to implement a law enforcement AED program.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve this funding will delay implementation of a law enforcement AED
program in the Concord Police Department.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Sudden cardiac arrest strikes persons of all ages.