Lund, Sweden - In the February issue of Resuscitation Journal, a case series reports on good outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest patients that traditionally have a very poor survival prognosis, so ...

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 ...

Researchers assessed whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in which chest compressions are delivered with a mechanical device would result in superior 4-hour survival in patients with ...

CHICAGO — A randomized comparison of mechanical vs manual compressions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shows no advantage for mechanical CPR on 30-day survival. "On the basis of ours and other ...

PITTSBURGH, June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. doctors will evaluate a mechanical chest compression device to see if it is more effective than manual compressions in treating sudden cardiac arrest. Researchers at ...

The department is training with a LUCAS 2 automatic chest compression device. The device is designed to deliver mechanical chest compressions to heart attack patients in place of manual chest ...

Mechanical chest compressions with defibrillation during ongoing compressions are just as effective, but not superior to manual compressions, for delivering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to ...

Uninterrupted and effective chest compression is key for survival and outcomes, but exhausting and difficult to provide consistently and safely manually. The LUCAS Chest Compression System is a ...

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 ...