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New life saving devices are being added to ambulances in the Okanagan.
It’s part of ground breaking pilot project between Interior Health and the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) to provide every ambulance near a heart cath lab with devices that can determine if a patient’s symptoms are due to a heart attack. Ambulances will be supplied with portable electrocardiogram (ECG) machines, giving patients immediate access to state-of-the-art care.
Support from people, families and organizations from Lake Country, Predator Ridge, Vernon and Armstrong has allowed for the purchase of eight ECG machines for the region.
“As a result, the Okanagan will be the first area in British Columbia where an ECG machine will be readily available to measure electrical activity in the heart for patients experiencing chest pain under the care of a paramedic,” a news release from the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, stated.