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 ...

North Ridgeville City officials approved the purchase of powered cots and automated CPR devices to replace aging gear ...

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 ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department receives new equipment that they hope will change the game for their department and their residents. The department recently received a ...

Mayor Kevin Corcoran said the LUCAS devices and patient cots had reached end of life and are used in emergency calls every ...

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PUTNEY — It may be a few years away, but a new device with a long history of development could replace the AEDs that are ubiquitously attached to walls around the United States. Norman Paradis, of ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Troy Fire Department has added a new automatic CPR device to their arsenal of lifesaving equipment. New Ohio bill requires schools to provide free period products to students ...

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, ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A lifesaving device is helping local first responders improve CPR techniques. Last week, WEAR News reported that central Florida started using automatic chest compressors in ...

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 ...