KING CITY, Ore. — At a fire house in King City Tuesday, crews gave KGW an up-close look at one of their newest tools, the Lucas Mechanical CPR Device. "It's highly efficient," said Capt. Tim Nokes of ...

GREECE, N.Y. – The North Greece Fire District received a lifesaving gift Wednesday. The LUCAS 3 mechanical CPR device is used to deliver chest compressions to a person in cardiac arrest. Firefighters ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Through a community outreach program, Domtar Paper Co. granted the Sullivan West Volunteer Fire Department funds for a Rosc-U chest compressor — a $10,000 piece of equipment ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) – The Beaver Lake Fire Department adds new life-saving equipment for its ambulance services. It’s called a mechanical CPR device. The device can give cardio-pulmonary ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Doctors and nurses are there for you when you’re sick, but now more than ever, they have to keep in mind their own health. A multi-million dollar grant will help local ...

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 ...

Clark County Fire District 6 recently started using a mechanical device called LUCAS to help assist in CPR with patients suffering from a cardiac arrest — replacing the need for manual CPR. Training ...

While its use is expanding, mechanical CPR has not been tested for effectiveness by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Despite significant cost and minimal evidence that mechanical resuscitation ...

BOTHELL, Wash. — When Ron Baker and his wife Fay embarked on the trip of a lifetime, it soon led to a harrowing medical emergency and a new motivation to help others. "The first thing the doctor said ...

Despite significant cost and minimal evidence that mechanical resuscitation devices benefit patients in cardiac arrest more than resuscitation performed by people, the devices are being used more ...

Until six weeks ago, the chest of a person in full cardiac arrest in Fort Worth was likely to have been jarred by a paramedic with his or her palms. Now, the personal pump is largely out. Manual CPR ...

Chicago – Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Sweden and colleagues assessed whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in which chest compressions are delivered with a mechanical ...