Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

From very young ages, nearly all of us hear about CPR, and maybe even CPR training — learning how to keep someone’s heart beating after they have a heart attack or other cardiac event that causes the ...

New automatic CPR machines in use for about a month on Vandergrift/Oklahoma EMS ambulances have already helped paramedics and EMTs save lives. Vandergrift/Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services recently ...

SPRINGVILLE — At its meeting Tuesday, the Springville City Council discussed the possibility of purchasing LUCAS Chest Compression System devices, or automated CPR machines, for its first responders.

MINEOLA, Long Island (WABC) -- A new device to help save lives is coming to Nassau County. The Defibtech Lifeline Automated Chest Compression Device will go into every police department ambulance in ...

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 ...

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue is adding critical life-saving equipment to each piece of front-line emergency equipment in the department’s fleet. Thanks to a grant from Homeland Security and the Federal ...

More hospitals and ambulances across the state may soon have access to an automated CPR device that health officials say is more consistent than human-performed CPR. The Iowa Department of Public ...

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PITTSBURGH, June 14 - Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) works better than an automated chest compression device, according to emergency medicine researchers from the University of ...