Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter/Paramedic Suffers a Dissection of His Aorta While Participating in Physical Fitness Training in Texas
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter/Paramedic Suffers a Dissection of His Aorta While Participating in Physical Fitness Training in Texas
On March 29, 2005, a 26-year-old male career Fire Fighter/Paramedic (FF/P) worked an overtime shift as the driver of Station number3's ambulance. The shift lasted 912 hours, 0700 to 1630 hours, during which time the ambulance responded to three medical emergencies. Shortly after his shift ended, the FF/P started his typical 5-mile jog as part of the Fire Department (FD) physical fitness program. After jogging about 12 mile, he reportedly felt a pop in his chest and a tingling in his legs which made it impossible to run and difficult to walk. An ambulance was summoned, and transported him to the local emergency department, where a dissecting aortic aneurysm was diagnosed. He was transferred via helicopter to a referral medical center for surgical repair. After 15 hours of surgery, the FF/P died in the operating room.
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter/Paramedic Suffers a Dissection of His Aorta While Participating in Physical Fitness Training in Texas
2006
8 pages
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