Emergency care is always looking for ways it can improve the treatment of patients. The need to save a life is crucial and the ambulatory technicians and paramedics, while among the best emergency staff in the field, as still looking for ways to make their jobs easier and more effective.
For the ambulances in Lackawanna County, right out side of Scranton, Pennsylvania, there job on the “bus” just got a whole lot easier. From now on, when they pick up a patient that is having a heart problem, they will soon be able to take an EKG while on the bus and send it to the hospital they are heading too. The hope is that there will be the proper information that is sent to the hospital so they can prepare for the proper treatment before the patient even gets there.
OF course the installation of these systems onto the ambulance is costing the hospital staff a pretty penny. However, they believe it’s a cost worth absorbing if it’s going to get the patients the life saving treatment they need.
The truth is that this program is geared toward the bigger picture. The bigger picture is to get patients to take the proper procedures when it comes to dealing with the symptoms of heart attacks. It’s long been known that patients who suffer from a heart attack and don’t get it treated as early as possible will run the risk of prolonged damage to the heart.
The use of these types of ambulances is to get people to call at the first sign of a heart problem and have the peace of mind to know that they will be getting the most detailed treatment possible. Patients are often hesitant to take the first step even though the first step is so important to the treatment of a heart attack. Here’s hoping that these new EKG machines make a difference in someone calling the paramedics in time.
