Morongo Basin Ambulance adds portable ultrasounds to fleet
Morongo Basin Ambulance has added a potentially life-saving piece of equipment to their fleet of five vehicles. The butterfly ultrasound is a tiny handheld device that plugs into a standard iPad and can help diagnose hidden traumas that normally would have to wait until the patient arrived at the hospital. Operations Manager Craig Bell demonstrated the device, and he says that in a rural service area that covers over 2700 square miles having as much information as possible is vital to making…