Caroline Co. Emergency Services receives new technology to help patients suffering heart attacks

CAROLINE COUNTY, Md. – Caroline County Emergency Services Department just received brand new technology that can help residents facing a heart attack.

Caroline County EMS received six wi-fi modems for their ambulances through a grant from University of Maryland Shore Health. The technology allows EMS personnel to transmit vital information of a patient’s heart function to care teams. The ambulance would send over that data, as they are en route to the hospital and in turn help prepare the staff for the patient before they even arrive.

EMS Supervisor, Pete Brelia tells 47 ABC, “We’re seeing unresponsive in chest pain and cardiac arrest patients pretty much on a daily basis and, of course, with the opioid crisis that’s been rapidly increasing.”

Their EMS team says they respond to five or six chest pain calls a day and they’ve already used these modems. We’re told it will help with initial care and make the survivability rate much greater.