New York City's first responders describe 'devastating' coronavirus cases as cardiac arrest calls surge.
During the same time period last year, the FDNY averaged 65 cardiac arrest calls a day, and 27 of those calls, on average, ended in death, the statistics show.
And the death rate appears to be accelerating. More than half of the 2,192 cardiac arrest deaths resulting from calls during the 17-day period occurred in the first five days of April, according to FDNY statistics. An EMT who also works in the Bronx said call volumes were extremely high and were a mix of cardiac arrest calls, people with the virus in respiratory distress and people with minor symptoms who were terrified and wanted to go to the hospital. There were also people with unrelated conditions who were afraid to be transported to the hospital for fear of contracting the virus there.
"Not only is it just a constant for our members, it's death, it's destruction," he said."That break is no longer there, so it's putting a strain that nobody's been trained for."
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