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Officials from Avel E-CARE were in Pierre Wednesday night to give Pierre American Medical Response workers a training and demonstration about how the tele-medicine system works in their ambulances…
Matt Hardwick is A-M-R’s Pierre Operations Supervisor. He says the system, which connects an ambulance crew to a hospital’s emergency room will expand patient care while in route to a medical facility…
Hardwick says they’ve tested the connectivity of the E-CARE system across Hughes and Stanley Counties with success…
Right now, one ambulance has the video system but Hardwick wants to add it to all the vehicles in their fleet…
Pierre is the sixth community to be outfitted with the Avel E-CARE system. Avel has the goal of outfitting 66 ambulances services with the system by May. The State of South Dakota has secured American Rescue Plan funds for the equipment and setup with the Department of Health coverng E-CARE’s annual expenses.