February 3, 2023

EmComm Brief

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CPR Certification Required by New Indiana Law

Indiana Passes House Bill 1342 On April 18, Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana signed into law a bill that will require 9-1-1 dispatchers to complete CPR certification training that will aid in administering CPR instruction over the phone to 9-1-1 callers. Some PSAPs in the state already include CPR training for telephone instruction for their […]

Telecommunicator CPR Tookit Available

NHTSA Releases Toolkit to Help 9-1-1 and EMS Agencies On June 7, 2019, the National Highway Transit Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced its release of a toolkit designed to help 9-1-1 and EMS agencies contribute towards improving the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac events. This toolkit will compliment CPR training with 9-1-1 centers who have adopted […]