69 METS said:68jk09 said:NARCAN PILOT PROGRAM IN NYPD ON SI..... http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/200-staten-island-cops-save-od-victims-article-1.1560629
If the F.D.N.Y. is the agency responsible for providing emergency medical services in NYC and CFRD engine companies are the first responders to life threatening medical emergencies in NYC ... Why then is the city of NY training and equipping law enforcement personnel for this type of medical emergency rather than the FDNY?
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/nypd_pilot_program_on_staten_i.html
Good question. I can understand officers within Dept of Homeless Services being trained because they work within shelters. But I don't understand NYPD officers now being trained and equipped for medical assessment and intervention.
So if there is a suspected OD medical call received by 911 in the 122 Pct, you will get an FDNY engine, the closest FDNY BLS and ALS units, and then maybe wait for a cop equipped and trained to administer a spray. I am assuming not all cops will be trained so you would have to wait for an available trained NYPD unit. A lot of resources arriving at different sequences depending upon location and other emergencies. Who's in charge problems arise.
Even worse would be a cop arriving and misdiagnosing a patient who has some other problem. Narcan also doesn't help someone with a serious cardiac problem or is in anaphylactic shock.