Firefighting officials in Lake County may not keep statistics on how more lives are saved by the use of chest compression machines, but they agree once they started using them the number of people ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — It’s helping first responders save lives, and now, more agencies are getting a hold of it. The LUCAS III device is a chest compression system that works on its own. Bob Eul ...

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 ...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KABC) -- Starting New Year's Day, all agencies responding to 911 calls in Orange County will be required to carry automatic chest compression devices (ACCDs) and some first ...

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio – City Council has authorized the city to spend a little more than $34,207 to purchase two medical devices for the city’s fire department. The money will be used to purchase two new ...

For the past decade, only two fire agencies in Orange County — the cities of Newport Beach and Orange — chose to use automated chest compression devices instead of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. REEDLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A pair of machines that can give patients chest compressions are now helping to save lives in ...

PIQUA, Ohio (WDTN) – The Piqua Fire Department now has two new CPR chest compression devices thanks to a grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. A portion of customer services at ...

Paramedics with Allegiance Mobile Health working in Angelina County are receiving an extra pair of helping hands — chest compression devices the county ordered in June from Life-Assist Inc. have ...