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' ...

Chicago – Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Sweden and colleagues assessed whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in which chest compressions are delivered with a mechanical ...

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 ...

The median compression depth of the standard mechanical piston device was 53.0mm, which was considerably more than the other two automatic chest compression devices, which both had median depths of ...

Shane Hardin, account manager, Stryker, demonstrates the new Lucas CPR Compression Device to firefighters at the East Liverpool Fire Department. The device was recently purchased with a grant from the ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — It’s been nearly a year since West Metro Fire Rescue started using new automatic chest compression machines when arriving on scene of patients in cardiac arrest. 10 people have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

A life-saving CPR device is being implemented in fire departments across Western Washington. It’s called a LUCAS device and it is strapped onto a patient to keep compressions going while they are ...

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 ...