Etowah County Commissioner Craig Inzer got a text message Tuesday from the Whorton Bend fire chief, telling him the department had just received an automated basic life support device an automated CPR machine.
Over the last couple of years, some fire departments in Etowah County have added those devices to their equipment, and have found them to be literal life savers. The devices allow emergency medical service personnel to start chest compressions with the portable machine, and continue consistent compressions from the time they treat a patient on the scene, through transport to a hospital and until hospital personnel can take over treatment.