The FY2025 report lists a program named Emergency Medical Equipment at 47,704.50 funded and expended, funded and launched 05/06/2025 (pp4 to 5). It gives the primary problem as Medical equipment used to treat overdoses/substance abuse and describes the program as 2 automatic chest compression machines, 10 AEDs, 3 suction units. It files it under the primary category Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Harm Reduction and First Responders. Asked how the program addresses opioid use disorder, it answers N/A. Its performance indicator is Does not apply. Its statement of impact says the equipment was purchased for the Police and Fire Departments to help with lifesaving efforts, and it says the equipment was added to Fire Department ambulances and police vehicles. The books show three orders. Lifesavers, Inc. order 25-00739 buys two ARM XR automated chest compression devices at 12,317.50, two three year ARM XR service contracts at 4,500.00, two battery packs and a charger, 34,935.00 paid by check 4440 on 06/10/2025, charged 27,263.61 to account G-02-40-771-201 and 7,671.39 to G-02-40-771-202. Lifesavers order 25-00740 buys ten Defibtech Lifeline AEDs with adult pads, 9,397.50, charged on 05/20/2025 with check 4339. V.E. Ralph and Son order 25-00741 buys three Laerdal suction units, 3,372.00, check 4481 on 06/10/2025. The three orders make the certified figure to the cent, and 9,000.00 of it is the service contracts. Chest compression devices and defibrillators treat cardiac arrest, and suction units clear an airway. None of them treats opioid use disorder, which is what Exhibit E's Treatment uses cover. No overdose program using this equipment is documented, and none of it is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
Police vehicles and gear
Certified CPR machines and AEDs as overdose treatment
$47,704.50
Amount in this finding
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