Chennai: Soon, many more 108 ambulances will be equipped with cardiac-care support mechanism.
The State government proposes to install 200 automated external defibrillators (AED) and multi-para monitors in ambulances across the State. Currently, 57 ambulances in the State have AEDs and monitors. AEDs trigger artificial shocks when the heart of a cardiac emergency patient stops enroute a medical facility.
“The multi-para monitor gives us the pulse rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation level in the blood. It is possible to take an ECG while on the move and transmit it to the emergency response centre,” said B. Prabhudoss, regional manager of GVK-Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), which operates the 108 service. |
