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 ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Steve Bakos says in 2023, they confirmed 11 patients who had CPR performed, actually got a pulse back from crews and then walked out ...

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 ...

PUTNEY — It may be a few years away, but a new device with a long history of development could replace the AEDs that are ubiquitously attached to walls around the United States. Norman Paradis, of ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A lifesaving device is helping local first responders improve CPR techniques. Last week, WEAR News reported that central Florida started using automatic chest compressors in ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Troy Fire Department has added a new automatic CPR device to their arsenal of lifesaving equipment. New Ohio bill requires schools to provide free period products to students ...

GREECE, N.Y. – The North Greece Fire District received a lifesaving gift Wednesday. The LUCAS 3 mechanical CPR device is used to deliver chest compressions to a person in cardiac arrest. Firefighters ...

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The London-Maybee-Raisinville Fire Department is hoping to purchase a LUCAS Automatic CPR machine. “The life-saving device is the latest technology available to help first responders save someone’s ...

BURLINGTON — Six western Racine County fire and rescue agencies received automatic CPR device donations Wednesday. The devices were provided by the Memorial Hospital of Burlington Community Foundation ...

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 ...

The demand for automated CPR devices has been increasing significantly with rising prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest across the globe, according to ESOMAR-certified Future Market Insights’ (FMI) ...