DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More hospitals and ambulances across the state may soon have access to an automated CPR device that health officials say is more consistent than human-performed CPR. The Iowa Department of Public Health has received a $6.3 million grant that will mainly go toward installing automated chest compression devices in ambulances and hospitals around Iowa, and to provide training for their use.

The grant was awarded by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and will be given to the department’s Bureau of Emergency and Trauma Services.

There are now a limited number of the devices in Iowa. The health department says the machines are able to perform longer and more consistent chest compressions compared to people manually performing CPR. The devices cost about $10,000 each.