Ambulances will now carry heart failure treaments

ANDRIA SIMMONS / asimmons@ajc.com

(Clockwise from left) Gwinnett County Firefighter Paramedic Phil Klein, Medical Supervisor Lt. Brian Wolfe and Firefighter Paramedic Bryant Herndon attend to ‘patient’ Bob Hendrix, 66, of Lilburn, with a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine in a mock emergency scenario. Hendrix is a volunteer who graduated from the Gwinnett County Citizen Fire Academy.