The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office has a new life-saving tool for medical emergencies in remote areas: The LUCAS 3 automated CPR device. Oftentimes in rural parts of St. Louis County, deputies ...
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 ...
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 ...
OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - When duty calls, LUCAS answers. The automatic CPR machine is one of two new additions to the Old Town Fire and Rescue crew, and it’s set to make a big difference. “It’s ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu EMS calls the automated CPR machine a game changer. LUCAS, the Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System, can do chest compressions consistently for at least 30 ...
TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — Taylorville first responders will receive two new automated CPR systems thanks to a donation from one Taylorville family. The Butterfield family is redirecting a donation ...
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Could new South Georgia emergency medical technology save lives? Nearly 500,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest a year, according to the American Heart Association’s most ...
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, ...
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 ...
Performing CPR involves pressing down on the chest of someone in cardiac arrest 100 to 120 times per minute. It can be exhausting, as well as unnerving. That explains why some local Emergency Medical ...