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It’s Not Just Fire: Use of a UESCOPE
Bloomington City CouncilWednesday, April 9, 2025
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[0:01] - My name's Rodney Whalen,
[0:02] and I'm a fire captain
[0:03] and a paramedic with Bloomington Fire.
[0:04] And we do more than fire.
[0:06] We also do EMS as well.
[0:08] (upbeat music)
[0:20] Another thing that we do typically
[0:21] is in cardiac emergencies,
[0:24] or people that are in cardiac arrests,
[0:27] we're able to take their airways
[0:28] and breathe for them when they're unable
[0:29] to breathe for themselves.
[0:30] So we'll just demonstrate here.
[0:32] We typically train at our fire
stations on how we do that.
[0:35] So Alec's gonna breathe
there with the BVM.
[0:38] Then I'm gonna take our UEScope here.
[0:41] And what's cool about this UEScope,
[0:42] it's able to record what we do
[0:44] and we can also give ourselves feedback
[0:46] on if we miss intubations
and we can practice,
[0:48] so we can get better at it.
[0:49] And I'm gonna have Alec remove the BVM.
[0:51] Basically, I'm trying to
get my tube into the trachea
[0:53] so I can take the airway
and breathe for the patient
[0:56] when they're down.
[0:57] Now that we have our airway secure,
[0:58] we're gonna listen to lung sounds
[1:00] and make sure we don't
have air in our stomach.
[1:03] Here at Bloomington Fire,
[1:04] it's important for us to stay
consistent on our trainings
[1:06] because seconds matter
[1:08] when it comes to saving someone's life.