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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Thanks to a donation from a local group of philanthropists, the Madison Fire Department is now equipped with a life-saving CPR device known as a LUCAS. Short for Lund Cardiopulmonary ...

BEDFORD — The Bedford Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept two automatic chest compression devices donated to the town. “I hope I don't meet this machine in the back of an ...