It’s “shockingly simple” to help someone experiencing sudden cardiac arrest

June 14, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

We’ve mentioned before that our EMS team is one of the best in the world. There’s no better place to experience sudden cardiac arrest than in King County. But our amazing EMS team readily admits that it takes a system to save a life, and we can all do more to keep our chances of […]

Dr. Kudenchuk: Study reveals exciting news about cardiac arrest treatment

April 11, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

On April 4, the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium published the outcome of the Amio-Lido-Placebo Study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are another important step forward in the world of cardiac arrest response.

Public Health, je t’aime.

February 12, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here are some Valentine’s Day sentiments from the health department in your life.

Why King County’s EMS is the best in the world: Q&A with Mickey Eisenberg

May 22, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Those of us here in King County are lucky enough to live in one of the best places in the nation (perhaps, the world) for emergency response. Our cardiac arrest survival rate, the gold standard in emergency response, has been documented everywhere from academic journals to the Wall Street Journal, and our system is studied […]

Standing up to senior falls: local program promotes independence and safety at home

February 9, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

By Alan Abe, Emergency Medical Services Division Do you know someone over 65 who has fallen? Have you reached that age and are concerned about your risk? Senior falls are all too common, with results that are often serious and sometime even grave. Nearly 24,000 seniors died nationally in 2012 due to falls, nearly doubling […]

Flu is here—and it’s a nasty one!

December 15, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Influenza is noticeably on the rise in King County, according to the many data points coming into our Communicable Disease and Epidemiology unit. Last week, the number of laboratory tests for flu rose sharply and a handful of schools, daycare programs, and long-term care facilities reported flu outbreaks. A severe flu forecast The flu season has only […]