WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KABC) -- Starting New Year's Day, all agencies responding to 911 calls in Orange County will be required to carry automatic chest compression devices (ACCDs) and some first ...

This story was originally published on MedTech Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily MedTech Dive newsletter. Defibtech has recalled a chest compression device after ...

A battery-operated compression belt buckled around the chest restores blood flow better than manual chest compressions and conventional CPR, according to a Johns Hopkins-led animal study. The device, ...

ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — It’s helping first responders save lives, and now, more agencies are getting a hold of it. The LUCAS III device is a chest compression system that works on its own. Bob Eul ...

The Guam Fire Department is taking emergency response to the next level. Ten new high-tech chest compression devices are now ...

Lund, Sweden - In the February issue of Resuscitation Journal, a case series reports on good outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients that traditionally have a very poor survival prognosis, so ...

Two studies comparing the use of manual chest compression vs. an automated chest compression device during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest produce contrasting findings, according to ...

Firefighting officials in Lake County may not keep statistics on how more lives are saved by the use of chest compression machines, but they agree once they started using them the number of people ...

Physio-Control, the Redmond defibrillator maker, has purchased Jolife AB for an undisclosed price. Jolife, which is privately held and based in Sweden, is the maker of the Lucas Chest Compression ...

PITTSBURGH, June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors will evaluate a mechanical chest compression device to see if it is more effective than manual compressions in treating sudden cardiac arrest. Researchers at ...

Gwinnett commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of 31 LUCAS devices, equipment that delivers consistent and uninterrupted chest compressions to patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest ...