CPR guidelines : Here's what's updated in the American Heart Association's guidelines

He did that for 13 minutes until the medics arrived." While en route to the hospital, paramedics used a mechanical CPR device ...
WGRZ

New life-saving medical device given to Genesee County volunteer fire department

ALABAMA, N.Y. — A volunteer fire company in the Genesee County town of Alabama has a new medical device which can help them save lives, they shared. The addition is a chest compression system that can ...
Business Wire

Large Randomized Trial: LUCAS Chest Compression System is Effective and Reliable in Pre-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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 ...
WIBC

Hancock Co Buys Life Saving CPR Devices for Fire Departments

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — Hancock County is buying lifesaving CPR devices for every one of their area fire departments. The county has purchased 13 LUCAS CPR devices that can give consistent chest ...
AOL

Augusta Fire Department obtains new automated 'LUCAS' CPR devices

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 ...
Yahoo

WPD acquires its own LUCAS device

Jul. 16—WORTHINGTON — Thanks to some extra funds leftover from a grant, the Center for Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School donated a life-saving device to the ...
WHIO

Local fire department purchases 5 CPR devices

MIAMISBURG — The Miami Valley Fire Department has purchased new technology to better assist paramedics in emergency situations. >>Driver rescued after crane truck overturns on I-70 in Clark County The ...
EMS1Opinion

Hold your horses, not the chest compressions

When it comes to cardiac arrest management, the guidelines say the most definitive treatment is high-quality chest ...
WSAW

Marshfield FD receives automatic CPR device from anonymous donors

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 ...
KWQC

Clinton Fire Departemnt acquires additional automated CPR devices

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 ...
KLTV

Smith County Emergency Services gets new devices for CPR efficiency

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Smith County Emergency Services District 2 recently received 11 new CPR devices to add to units throughout their district. Charles Clanton, the division chief of training says ...