The Department of Interior awarded Guam $210,000 to buy two Advanced Life Support cars for the Guam Fire Department.
Advanced Life Support vehicles come with airway help, cardiac life support, and cardiac monitors, allowing paramedics and EMTs to start IV, give medications, and inject patients on their way to a hospital, according to a news release.
“These purchases will complement our first cohort of paramedics expected to graduate from the Guam Community College this year,” said Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero.
The department s weekly positivity rate was at 18% in December. That rate is now at 5.6%.
The fire department s Emergency Medical Services Bureau coordinated its first vaccination clinics countywide in late December, administering more than 3,000 vaccines. As expected, the vaccine began to have its impact seven to ten days after the first vaccines were given, said L.A. County Fire Department Medical Director Dr. Clayton Kazan stated. As the County continues to surge, new cases among Department personnel began dropping precipitously as did our test positivity rate. This is the first time in the entire pandemic that our data diverged from that of the County.