This type of CPR is not considered to be superior to manual CPR in normal conditions but has been proven to be effective when chest compressions are challenging. Three types of automatic chest ...

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 ...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Each year in the United States, 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. According to the American Heart Association, 90 percent of those people die.

McLaren Central Michigan, part of McLaren Health Care, has received a grant to help with the purchase of potentially lifesaving automated CPR equipment. Housed and used in the emergency department, ...

The chance of surviving a heart attack in Nassau County has dramatically increased due to a new technology that will aid EMS medics responding to a cardiac arrest, law enforcement officials said ...

FLORENCE, Ala. – New life-saving technology is being deployed in ambulance’s serving Lauderdale County. This week, paramedics and emergency medical technicians were trained on the device. When seconds ...

New research has found a more effective way to conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in microgravity, which causes the weightlessness astronauts experience in space. The study found that a type ...

A preliminary study of adults who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that included the use of a device to elevate the head and thorax ...

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 ...

South Korean-based healthcare product Development Company I.M. Lab has launched its next-generation CPR training aide "cprCUBE" on Kickstarter. The device will educate the user about 'proper' ...

If an astronaut suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in space, could their life be saved? The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Society for Aerospace Medicine have plans in ...