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The Mason fire department has some new, life-saving technology.
Paramedics can now send EKG reports to the hospital from a heart attack victim's home.
The results are sent over a cell phone.
This give doctors a chance to review EKG results before the patient arrives at the hospital.
"The doctor will actually take a look at it and it's essentially as if the doctor were looking at the patient at that point," said Mark Gerano, a paramedic with the Mason FD.
"And they can do all the things they'd do – order lab tests, call the cardiologist, call cauterization lab – anything they need to do, they can do with this EKG."
Paramedics hope this will save lives, because in the case of a heart attack, every minute counts.
