Community West Foundation, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, awarded a grant to the Avon Lake Fire ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...