HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.05.21 - 25430May 7, 1998
REPORT (Misc. #98102)
BY: PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE - DAVID L. MOFFITT, CHAIR
IN RE: MR #98102 Authorization to Implement A Health Emergency Liaison
Program (HELP) On The County Complex Using Automated External
Defibrillators
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution
on April 28, 1998, recommends that the resolution be adopted with the following
amendment: Adding a last paragraph after the fourth "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED"
paragraph to read:
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Human Services will, within
one year following the implementation of this program, report back to the Public Services
Committee with a programmatic assessment and recommendations."
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the acceptance
of the foregoing Report.
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Public Services Committee Vote:
Motion carried on roll call vote with Obrecht absent
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 98102
BY: Commissioners John P. McCulloch #22, Shelley G. Taub #I2, David L. Moffitt #18,
Dennis Powers #10, Donald Jensen #15, and Eric Coleman 421
IN RE: AUTHORIZATION TO IMPLEMENT A HEALTH EMERGENCY LIAISON PROGRAM (HELP) ON THE
COUNTY COMPLEX USING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS as many as 5,000 citizens and employees enter the County Complex on a
daily basis, and this number continues to grow; and
WHEREAS sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United
States and claims more than 100,000 lives each year largely because life-saving
treatment--an electrical shock to the heart known as defibrillation--does not reach
victims within the first few critical minutes; and
WHEREAS the likelihood of successful resuscitation decreases by approximately ten
percent with each minute following sudden cardiac arrest; and
WHEREAS 30% of the requests for emergency medical services from the County
Service Center over the last three years were reported as cardiac related; and
WHEREAS CPR is effective for temporarily maintaining oxygenation of the blood and
blood flow to the brain, early defibrillation is recognized as the only effective
method of restoring normal cardiac rhythm and resuscitating the patient following
cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation (VF); and
WHEREAS the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) is becoming the
standard of medical care; and
WHEREAS as the current generation of Automated External Defibrillators are
compact, self-contained, reliable, lightweight, safe and easy to operate with
appropriate training; and
WHEREAS in the interest of service to the public and our employees, such
equipment could be strategically located so that at the time of a suspected cardiac
emergency, the equipment and the trained personnel could respond and administer
emergency treatment, as needed, until such time as 911 Emergency Medical Technicians
arrive.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, through
the Oakland County Executive, supports the implementation of an emergency cardiac
support response capability utilizing Automated External Defibrillators on County
Government property; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Sheriff Deputies assigned to patrol the County
Service Center complex be provided with Automated External Defibrillator equipment and
training; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that other County personnel may be trained to operate
Automated External Defibrillators deployed in selected County buildings; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of Oakland shall indemnify County
employees who respond to suspected cardiac emergencies and operate Automated External
Defibrillators in good faith and within the limits of their training; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes an
amount not to exceed $26,000 for equipment and training to the Oakland County Executive
to implement an emergency cardiac support response capability utilizing Automated
External Defibrillators on the County Service Center complex.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Resolution #98102 April 23, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services and Finance
Committees. There were no objections.
FISCAL NOTE (M.R. #98102) May 21, 1998
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
RE: AUTHORIZATION TO IMPLEMENT A HEALTH EMERGENCY LIAISON PROGRAM (HELP) ON THE
COUNTY COMPLEX USING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-F of the Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the
above referenced resolution and finds:
1) The Oakland County Board of Commissioners, through the Oakland
County Executive, supports the implementation of an emergency
cardiac support response capability, utilizing Automated External
Defibrillators on County Government property.
2) It is requested that the Oakland County Sheriff Deputies assigned to
patrol the County Service Center Complex be provided with Automated
External Defibrillator equipment and training.
3) It is also requested that training be provided to other County
personnel in selected County buildings to operate Automated External
Defibrillators and that such personnel be indemnified by the County
in cases of responding to suspected cardiac emergencies as provided
within the limits of their training.
4) The cost for equipment and training to implement an emergency
cardiac support response capability is not to exceed $26,000.
E) A budget amendment is recommended as follows:
2E21 OcA PCA Q TITLE FY 1998
90 290000 25000 2564 Contingency $(26,000)
16 121000 10000 2448 Budgeted Projects 26000
Total $ - 0 -
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
Resolution #98102 May 21, 1998
Moved by Moffitt supported by Coleman the Public Services Committee Report
be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Moffitt supported by Coleman the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Moffitt supported by Taub the resolution be amended to coincide
with the recommendation in the Public Services Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Kaczmar, Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht,
Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas,
Garfield, Gregory, Holbert, Huntocn, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on May 21, 1998 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office,
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 21st day ..y 1 . Adoo-
LynID. Allen, County Clerk