The Clinton Heights Fire Department has been given a grant by the Oliver B. Merlyn Foundation to purchase a RAD-57, a hand held non-invasive device that tests for carbon monoxide poisoning in the blood stream in a matter of seconds.
Placed on one’s finger, it quickly analyzes with wave lengths of light a rich stream of physiological data measuring Carboxyhemoglobin and Methemoglobin percent levels in the blood of the patient.
The RAD-57 will allow the Clinton Heights fire fighters responding to scenes—many of whom are EMTs—to immediately detect dangerous levels of carbon monoxide not only in the blood stream of residents but of the fire fighting personnel who enter potentially compromised homes. The addition of this device allows the Department to continue its mission to protect life and property on behalf of those who call for assistance.
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