VIDEO: Colorado Springs firefighters are reflecting on how to better communicate with local hospitals after Club Q.
11 News spoke with the Colorado Springs Fire Department one year after Club Q, which has rolled out a tracking technology by Pulsara. Firefighters put wristbands on patients, connecting to an app, which gives real-time information to hospitals so medical staff can prepare. This is especially important for mass casualty events like Club Q.
“One learning point that we garnered from Club Q was that we didn’t make good communication with the hospital. We could have done a better job at that. They should be able to prepare and estimate how many patients they have, the severity, and this new application with the arm bands is going to help us do that,” said CSFD company officer and Lt. Jeremiah Heddings.