Overview

• Suffolk County officers used an EpiPen from a patrol car to revive 72-year-old Greg Kronrad after a bee sting triggered anaphylactic shock in Wyandanch.
• The rescue occurred roughly two to three days after the county placed EpiPens in select cruisers as part of a new program enabled by Gio's Law.
• County officials say 25 patrol cars were equipped over the summer at a cost of about $25,000, with officers trained in use and all field officers certified as EMTs.
• County Executive Ed Romaine defended the expense and said leaders plan to expand the rollout following the documented lifesaving use.
• Advocates credit years of work by Gio Cornago’s family for the law’s passage, and reporting notes interest in promoting similar deployments beyond Suffolk County.