I read this article and wanted to share it with all of you. Our office sells the state of the art GPS tracking devices to Ambulances, Police departments and to consumers.
By now, everyone knows that GPS car tracking systems can be a real life saver in the event of an accident. What most do not know is that having such systems installed in commercial delivery vehicles can save lives as well.
I ran across the story of a man with epilepsy the other day that brought this information to the forefront. According to the article I read, the man was getting up in years and very frail. He had an epileptic seizure that got the attention of his nearest neighbor who called 911. Paramedics were quick to arrive on the scene and attempt to stabilize the man to transport him to the hospital.
Traffic was so bad that day that the ambulance was severely delayed in its journey to the nearest hospital. Realizing that the window for effective treatment would probably be past before the ambulance could reach the hospital, the chief paramedic on board contacted the hospital and requested the chief of medicine. The paramedic asked about the status of a shipment of anti-convulsant medication being delivered to the hospital that day and was told that it was en route but about 15 minutes away.
The quick thinking paramedic requested that the shipment be rerouted to meet the ambulance so that the medication could be administered to save the life of the patient. The hospital ordered this routing change and the man survived.
Had the delivery vehicle that was carrying that lifesaving medication not been equipped with a GPS tracking system, the hospital would not have had a clue where it was and how close. There would have been no way to reroute the driver to meet the ambulance as it came toward the hospital, and the patient may very well have died en route.
This is a clear case where a GPS tracking device put into a commercial vehicle for a totally unrelated purpose was useful in saving a life that had nothing to do with an automobile accident. The ability of the hospital’s chief of medicine to find the exact location of that truck and send it to meet the ambulance was a bonus that nobody could have foreseen.
GPS car tracking systems have many different benefits, from aiding in the recovery of stolen property to monitoring the movements of a spouse suspected of infidelity. They are also life saving devices in more ways than one.
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Charles Butler
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