Hi-tech CPR machines added to Choctaw County EMS toolbox

Choctaw County Ambulance Authority has some new tools on hand to help save lives –– three LUCAS Chest Compression Systems.

The refurbished devices were purchased at a discounted rate of three for the price of one, Ambulance Authority Executive Director Randy Springfield said, recently.

Total cost for the machines, plus chargers and batteries, was roughly $25,000.

According to Stryker, a company that …