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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Nearly $1,000 was raised during the London-Maybee-Raisinville Fire Department’s April 5 fundraiser at Little Brown Jug in Maybee. The LUCAS Automatic CPR machine is shown. Provided by Mark Manor The ...

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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) ...