[BCEHS Maillist] FW: [NEMSMS-L] Notice of EMS Fatality - MO

[Diefenderfer, Jason S.]

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Subject: [NEMSMS-L] Notice of EMS Fatality - MO

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Here is information just submitted on an EMS Fatality:

About the deceased:

Title:               EMT
Name:                Scherese M. Bishop
Age:                 37
Date of Death:       March 11, 2011
Date of Funeral:     March 18, 2010
Cause of Death:      On Duty Cardiac Arrest

About the deceased's EMS Agency:

Agency:              Northeast Ambulance & Fire Protection District
Agency City:         Beverly Hills
Agency State:        MO


Comments:

On 03/03/11, EMT Bishop responded to an emergency request. On arrival 
she found a patient in cardiac arrest. EMT Bishop was performing CPR on 
the patient when she went into cardiac arrest. EMT Bishop was 
resuscitated but never regained consciousness. She died 8 days later.


:End notification


The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality is for notification purposes 
only. It is based upon information submitted to the National EMS 
Memorial Service regarding the death of an EMS provider which may be in 
the Line of Duty but which has not yet been fully investigated by us.

The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality does not indicate acceptance to 
the National EMS Memorial Service. Inclusion in the National EMS 
Memorial Service requires that a nominee meet the NEMSMS Criteria, a 
careful review of information on the Nomination Form and from all other 
sources, and an affirmative vote of the National EMS Memorial Service 
Board of Directors.