Lifesaving device: Jacob Denum, right, assistant director of the NTA ambulance district, demonstrates a new AutoPulse device used to resuscitate heart attack victims. As shown above, the system involves wrapping a belt around the chest of the victim to apply pressure evenly to the chest. The device is battery operated to apply continuous CPR. Tanner Daugherty, a South Harrison student, was preparing to place his hand under the belt to test the gentle pressure of the device that is said to reduce rib fractures resulting from manual resuscitation.
The NTA ambulance crew has taken some of the guesswork out of resuscitating heart attack victims with the placement of an automated CPR system in one of its ambulances.
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