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4/13/72

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What is the status of the Seattle Emergency Services project?

Early in 1969, the Washington/Alaska Regional Medical Program proposed the conduct
of "A Community Approach to the Therapy of Life Threatening Arrhythmia and Acute
Myocardial Infarction Outside the Hospital" - Project #27 - Mobile Coronary

Care Unit.

The goal of this project was to study the feasibility and efficacy of operating
mobile units staffed and equipped to handle acute, potentially lethal arrhythmias
and to function as coronary care units outside the hospital. Its objectives were:
(1) operate the system and access the effect of the Mobile Intensive /Coronary

Care Unit (MI/CCU) system in sudden death, in acute myocardial infarction, and

in other life threatening situations for which it has been utilized; (2) determine
the feasibility and efficacy of operating a MI/CCU without immediate attendance

of a physician, utilizing trained, experienced firemen who have access to medical
direction by radio transmission of voice and electrocardiogram; (3) study the
demography of the local sudden death population and utilize these data in an effort
to improve the MI/CCU operation, and to better define the potential value of this
MI/CCU system in the community; (4) continue to expand efforts in education, both
at the professional level and to the general community .

The project was funded for the period 7/1/69 - 12/31/71 as a demonstration activity

Initial 7 months (7/1/69 - 1/31/70) $108,623 (Direct and Indirect costs)
12 months (2/1/70 - 1/31/71) , 97,700
11 months (2/1/71 - 12/31/71) 51,702

Total $258,025 (RMP funds)

Also during this time, the project received additional money from the State
of Washington, Department of Health and the Washington State Heart Association.

Since the termination of RMP funds as of 12/31/71, the project has been relying
solely on local support such as fund raising campaigns, etc. There has been

tremendous success in raising money by the people in Seattle for continuation of

this project.