The Los Angeles County Fire Department will become the largest public safety agency in the country to have mechanical CPR devices on every paramedic unit, officials said Tuesday.
to become the largest public safety agency in the country to have mechanical CPR devices on every paramedic unit, officials said Tuesday.
Emergency medical services calls are at an all-time high in the county, said LACoFD Medical Director Dr. Clayton Kazan. "The grant-funded devices will provide high-quality, life-sustaining CPR for patients that are suffering cardiac arrest," Kazan said. "With this advanced technology, CPR is mechanically regulated and uninterrupted for critical patients being transported to hospitals."
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