Contra Costa County Kicks Off Portable EKG Effort
Paramedics in Contra Costa County have begun using portable electrocardiogram technology as part of an effort to alert hospitals while patients with severe heart attacks are being transported. Alameda County has had a similar effort in place for six years.
- "Portable EKG Device Program Expands in East Bay" (Kleffman, Contra Costa County, 1/2).