BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by health care responders is often suboptimal during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Mechanical CPR devices have been promoted as a strategy to ...

With the help of a local hospital, Schertz EMS is receiving several state-of-the art CPR devices that will allow EMTs to provide better and faster care to heart attack victims. Live Oak's Northeast ...

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 ...

PUTNEY — It may be a few years away, but a new device with a long history of development could replace the AEDs that are ubiquitously attached to walls around the United States. Norman Paradis, of ...

Community West Foundation, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, awarded a grant to the Avon Lake Fire Department on Feb. 3 to support the purchase of two LUCAS Mechanical CPR ...

Spokane County Fire District 8 is getting ready to roll out devices that can perform CPR on patients, reducing the number of firefighters and paramedics needed to treat them. The district purchased ...

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 ...

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 ...