REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physio-Control, Inc., the world’s leading provider of professional emergency response solutions, announced today that the main results of the large randomized LINC ...

Physio-Control announced the main results of the large randomized LINC study, revealing that the LUCAS Chest Compression System is effective and reliable in pre-hospital cardiac arrest.

, the world’s leading provider of professional emergency response solutions, announced today that the main results of the large randomized LINC study which compared the effectiveness of the ® ...

First responder Sam Shreves, firefighter/EMT Todd Martin, Capt./EMT John Davis and firefighter/first responder Tyler Gates, members of the Lubeck VFD, are simulating a cardiac arrest using a mannequin ...

Mechanical chest compressions with defibrillation during ongoing compressions are just as effective, but not superior to manual compressions, for delivering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coshocton County EMS recently bought a LUCAS 3 chest compression system to provide CPR. The purchase was made via a $15,000 grant from the Coshocton Foundation. The device provides consistent and ...

BREWER, Maine (WABI) -The Brewer Fire Department recently received a $15,000 grant from the Penobscot County Commissioners to purchase a lifesaving automated chest compression system. The ‘Lucas 3′ is ...

FLINT, MI -- The city is upgrading emergency response tools for firefighters on Flint ambulances that went into service just nine months ago. Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Fire Chief Theron Wiggins ...

"The study was designed to show a better 4-hour survival in the group treated with mechanical chest compressions, and this was not achieved," said lead investigator Sten Rubertsson, MD, PhD, professor ...