Rotary Club equipping Tampa police with portable defibrillators
TAMPA — When a heart stops beating, a 911 call often puts police at the scene before emergency crews. That means cops are sometimes the ones to initiate lifesaving measures well before paramedics can arrive. For that reason, the Rotary Club of Tampa ...
Tampa Police train on lifesaving tool
Tampa emergency rescuers responded to nearly 300 cardiac-arrest calls last year, and about the same number the year before. Those numbers were high enough to prompt the Tampa Police Department to explore carrying defibrillators in some patrol cars.
