Hi Joey,

I’m hoping you can help let people know about this opportunity to watch the documentary, Screenagers.  More info can be found on their website http://www.screenagersmovie.com/   Learning how to manage appropriate screen time for our children is a powerful and timely topic parents everywhere can relate to.  

Thank you,

Stacey

Join Cape Ann Animal Aid supporters for a fun craft night, making custom hand-painted wooden signs, at the Azorean Restaurant on Sunday, April 17th at 5:30pm. Tickets are $45 per person and include complimentary appetizers; cash bar available.

Get your tickets online at www.tinyurl.com/pridestride. This event is a fundraiser for the Animal Aid’s Gloucester Pride Stride Team, raising money for the Veterinary Care Fund for shelter animals.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: john@jgpr.net
GLOUCESTER — Chief Eric Smith is pleased to announce that the Gloucester Fire Department, with assistance from doctors at Addison Gilbert Hospital, saved a man’s life who went into cardiac arrest by employing the revolutionary LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System — setting the record for the longest continual usage of the device in Massachusetts and New England.

“This is an extremely unique situation given the duration the LUCAS device was used. Through the miraculous high quality of care, advanced tools and science, this man was able to return home to his family,” Chief Smith said. “Everyone, from the public, to police, fire and doctors, worked as a team to provide the best possible care available. It demonstrates a true commitment to one another, our residents and community as a whole.”

WHEN

Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m.

WHERE

Gloucester Fire Station, 8 School St.

WHAT

On Feb. 23, at approximately 6:55 a.m., the fire department’s Engine 1 and Rescue 1 arrived at Shaw’s Supermarket, 127 Eastern Ave., after receiving a report of an unresponsive man who was not breathing. Store Manager Marcus Amann had called 911 after he found his employee had collapsed while working in the backroom.

Upon their arrival, firefighters encountered Gloucester Police Officer Robert Morrissey, who was performing CPR on a 56-year-old man, later identified as Alfred Kipp. Gloucester Firefighter Paramedics Doug Sherman and Jack Brancaleone placed a LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System on Kipp to assist with CPR at 7:03 a.m. The electronically powered device is designed to save the lives of those in cardiac arrest by maintaining a steady flow of oxygen to the heart and brain through uninterrupted chest compressions.

The Gloucester Fire Department provided Advanced Life Support care and transported Kipp to the Addison Gilbert Hospital, where they were met by Dr. Steven Krendel and Dr. Michael Arsenian. Firefighters Sherman and Brancaleone stayed on scene to assist and monitor the LUCAS device to ensure it remained powered at all times.

After two hours and 42 minutes with the LUCAS device and continuous care by physicians, Kipp regained a pulse at 9:45 a.m. — making this the second longest documented save with continual usage of the LUCAS in the country (the longest was in Minnesota at two hours and 45 minutes).

“One of the great things about the city of Gloucester is the spirit of community between its pre-hospital providers and Addison Gilbert,” said Krendel, Emergency Department Physician and EMS Medical Director for Addison Gilbert Hospital. “Mr. Kipp is alive because of the remarkable coordination of care he received every step of the way from the Gloucester Police Department, Fire Department, Addison Gilbert’s Emergency Department staff and its Cardiology group. It was a tremendous group effort.”

Once stabilized, Kipp was taken by MedFlight to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington for further care. Approximately two weeks later, he was released after making a full recovery.

WHO

• Alfred Kipp

• Gloucester Fire Chief Eric Smith

• Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello

• Dr. Steven Krendel, AGH

• Gloucester Fire EMS Coordinator Sander Schultz

• Fire Captain Jamie Santos

• Firefighter Paramedic Doug Sherman

• Firefighter Paramedic Jack Brancaleone

• Firefighter Robert Grover

• Firefighter David Lovett

• Firefighter Michael Sonia

• Firefighter Andrew Pierce

• Gloucester Police Officer Robert Morrissey

• Representatives from MedFlight

• Shaw’s Store Manager Marcus Amann

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-The Boys in the Boat…The Rest of the Story

-April 22nd, 7pm at Gordon College in Wenham (inside the Ken Olsen Science Center)

-Jim Pocock will talk about his memories of his great uncle, George Pocock, and his influence on the sport of rowing.

-More info and RSVP http://www.gordon.edu/theboysintheboattalk

Thank you!

For more information email dawnburnham_pchef@comcast.net
Jane Shaw janegrayw@comcast.net

Hi Joey,

I just wanted to send you some pictures from today’s tour of the PACE medical model of care program with Senator Bruce Tarr and State Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante.  They both are going to lobby for the PACE at Element Care program and advocate for our seniors when the “Preserving Access to PACE Act” comes out at the State House next week.  We are very fortunate to have such caring legislators doing such good work for us!

I would encourage anyone who has medical needs or is a caregiver who is looking to keep their loved one home and out of a hospital or nursing home setting, to come to us at PACE in Gloucester to see if we can assist them.  We are a non-profit healthcare care organization who’s mission is to keep people living in the community safely and independently for as long as possible with our comprehensive healthcare services, all covered by MassHealth & Medicare, for those 55 and over.  If anyone would like more information or a tour, please call me at 978-283-7375.  We are located next to Pathways for Children, across the street from the Open Door.

www.elementcare.org

Thanks Joey!

Carol Pallazolla