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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TWIN FALLS — Administering CPR can be physically demanding when having to give it over large stretches, but the life-saving emergency procedure will get easier for some local first responders as they ...

The Augusta Fire Department recently unveiled its new LUCAS CPR devices, acquired through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant in Fall 2023. City leadership convened for a special presentation on the ...

A redesigned load cell allowed the AutoPulse to adjust to a patient's body for optimal CPR treatment. For victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), even the best EMTs may not be able to sustain ...

As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...

CPR Therapeutics Inc. is an early-stage start-up supported by funding from the NSF and NIH. The Company is developing the first advanced automated CPR system that integrates multiple clinical ...

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.