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CityofLaPorteΑCouncilMeeting <br />December11,2017 <br />AmericanHeartAssociationSilverPlusAward <br />TheCityofLaPorteEMSalongwiththeassistanceoftheCityofLaPorteFire <br />Departmentwasselectedtoreceivethe2017AmericanHeartAssociations <br />ͻ{źƌǝĻƩPlusMissionLifeline!ǞğƩķͼfortheirquickandaggressivetreatment <br />ofcardiacemergencies. <br />EMSreceivedthisawardbasedonhowaccuratelyandconsistentlythey <br />acquiredandtransmitted12lead9/D͸ƭtoreceivinghospitalphysicians.The <br />12lead9YD͸ƭmeasuretheelectricalactivityofthehearttohelpthe <br />paramedicdetermineifaheartattackisactuallyoccurring.Oncea <br />determinationismade,theparamedicscanthenquicklyandaggressively <br />treatthecardiacemergencywithadvancedtreatmentprotocols. <br />TheCityofLaPorteEMSrespondstoover350callsforserviceayearinvolving <br />cardiacemergenciesandencouragesthecommunitytolistentoyourbody <br />andtakethesymptomsofchestpainveryseriousbyseekingmedical <br />attentionasquicklyaspossibleastimeisoftheessence. <br />About630,000AmericansdiefromheartdiseaseeachǤĻğƩΓƷŷğƷγƭ1inevery <br />4deaths.Coronaryheartdiseaseisthemostcommontypeofheartdisease, <br />killingabout366,000peoplein2015. <br />Thankyouallforyourcontinuedeffortsinthecardiaccareofthosewholive <br />inandvisitourgreatcommunity.Youarealloutstandingparamedicsandwe <br />areveryproudofyouraccomplishmentsinreceivingthisdistinguishedaward. <br /> <br />