A robot that can help save lives is now part of the fire and EMS team in Anderson Township.
The team took Local 12 for a ride to show us how this new device works. When paramedics and firefighters arrive on the scene where someone is in cardiac arrest, many times they have to do traditional CPR for 20 minutes or longer, according to the Anderson Township Fire Department and EMS Division Chief Chris Kasperczyk.
"The problem that we face is fatigue. This machine will not fatigue," said firefighter and paramedic Bill Quinn.
That's because the LUCAS 3 is a mini robot programmed to do uninterrupted, hands-only CPR in ways and circumstances humans cannot.