Dr. Kristopher Lyon, EMS medical director and public health officer, said Kern is the first entity, the first county, the only ones in California if not the country, using this technology in the hands ...

The hand-held, artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram, or ECG for short, has the ability to process the data as well as the larger machines that the paramedics have in their toolbox.

Characterized by weakened or damaged heart musculature, heart failure results in the gradual buildup of fluid in a patient's lungs, legs, feet, and other parts of the body. The condition is chronic ...