(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.