Improved technology that automatically does CPR will take some of the burden off first responders and likely save lives. The device, called LUCAS 3, is portable and consists of a compression unit that ...

McLaren Central Michigan, part of McLaren Health Care, has received a grant to help with the purchase of potentially lifesaving automated CPR equipment. Housed and used in the emergency department, ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The Clinton Fire Department (CFD) has received a $47,181 grant from the 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program to purchase three LUCAS Chest Compression units, in ...

After partnering with the Metro Health Hospital Foundation, the City of Wyoming Fire Department has purchased new emergency medical response equipment. A $44,100 Foundation grant was used to buy three ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department receives new equipment that they hope will change the game for their department and their residents. The department recently received a ...

First responders administer CPR on a motorcycle rider. (File photo courtesy OnScene.TV) The San Diego County Fire Protection District has upgraded 35 automated chest-compression devices to their ...

Performing CPR involves pressing down on the chest of someone in cardiac arrest 100 to 120 times per minute. It can be exhausting, as well as unnerving. That explains why some local Emergency Medical ...

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Bayou Blue Volunteer Fire Department has received a new automated chest compression device, funded through House Bill 782 from the 2024 Louisiana legislative session ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

BEDFORD — The Bedford Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept two automatic chest compression devices donated to the town. “I hope I don't meet this machine in the back of an ...

A-CPR may improve rate of survival to hospital over traditional C-CPR in selected settings and warrant further studies of this device, particularly examining the potential utility in rural settings.