(LaPorte County, IN) - All of the ambulances in La Porte County will be receiving
a new piece of lifesaving gear.
Automated Chest Compression Devices are being purchased.
It’s made possible by a $157,000 grant from the Healthcare Foundation of
LaPorte.
Officials say the devices allow chest compressions to be delivered
continuously without interruption.
The safety of medics is also improving from not having to deliver chest
compressions manually in a moving ambulance.
Officials say the devices should be delivered in two weeks.
They’ll be put to use once all of the medics receiving training.