Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the American Heart Association, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside the hospital every year. When a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Shreveport Fire Department is using life-saving devices for CPR situations. The department says the LUCAS device does continuous chest compressions up until it’s battery ...

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 ...

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 ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Steve Bakos says in 2023, they confirmed 11 patients who had CPR performed, actually got a pulse back from crews and then walked out ...

The brain's ability to regain consciousness without a heartbeat may be an example of the improved cerebral blood flow obtained with two novel CPR devices that were the subject of a Medical College of ...

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 ...

Sep. 22—The Owensboro Fire Department is seeking a grant to purchase several automatic CPR devices that perform CPR continuously while responders also assist the patient. The Fire Department recently ...

Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc. released positive results for a clinical trial for its ResQPump and ResQPOD cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance devices. The Roseville, Minnesota-based CPR ...

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 ...

Trisha Flaherty-Barnes lay in a Des Moines hospital bed for nearly a week in a coma. Last May, she collapsed, suffering cardiac arrest at her home. Her husband knew CPR. "A lot of times it's hard for ...