Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...

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 ...

Improved technology that automatically does CPR will take some of the burden off first responders and likely save lives. The device, called LUCAS 3, is portable and consists of a compression unit that ...

Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is tiring. After a few minutes, the effectiveness of CPR typically drops substantially because even trained professionals don’t have the muscular ...

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Bayou Blue Volunteer Fire Department has received a new automated chest compression device, funded through House Bill 782 from the 2024 Louisiana legislative session ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department receives new equipment that they hope will change the game for their department and their residents. The department recently received a ...

Native Air in Goodyear, AZ poses with the AutoPulse NXT · GlobeNewswire Inc. PHOENIX, AZ, Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The LifeNet, Native Air, and TriState CareFlight bases across Arizona are ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The Clinton Fire Department (CFD) has received a $47,181 grant from the 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program to purchase three LUCAS Chest Compression units, in ...

Dr. Keith Lurie remembers when he met a male patient 23 years ago who was resuscitated not through traditional CPR, but with a toilet plunger on his chest. The experience motivated Lurie to look for a ...

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 ...