A new automated CPR machine is helping Cowlitz County Fire District 6 in Castle Rock better respond to cardiac arrest emergencies. CASTLE ROCK, WA -- For first responders, CPR can be exhausting and ...
Fire Chief Jackie Brockman, left, and Assistant Chief Spenser Hunter of the Amity Volunteer Fire Department demonstrate how the LUCAS CPR device works. The piece of equipment provides consistent, ...
WEST UNION, Iowa (KCRG) - First responders and hospitals in Fayette County received new CPR machines as a part of a $500,000. Wednesday evening a group first responders got a hands-on look at the ...
TOWNSEND – A person was in cardiac arrest, and first responders knew they had to act fast. In a situation where most would pair up and switch off between chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breaths, ...
PRAIRIETOWN — Thanks to a pair of firemen from the Prairietown Fire Department and an auto CPR compression machine from an Alton Memorial Hospital ambulance, Randy Luttrell was able to survive a ...
LONG GROVE, Iowa (KWQC) - The Long Grove Fire Department now has a Lucas Chest Compression System. The machine gives automatic and accurate chest compression for close to an hour on a single charge ...
Emergency workers need to apply hands-on CPR when first on the scene of a cardiac arrest. After slipping the patient into a CPR machine, however, they can quickly switch to automated pushes to the ...
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Emergency Medical Services hopes its patients in need of CPR will not miss a beat now that automatic CPR machines have been introduced to its fleet. Essentially a CPR robot, ...
WASHINGTON - Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it's hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under ...