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' ...

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 ...

The PocketCPR features an accelerometer that enables feedback on rate and depth of chest compressions during CPR. When a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest, chances of survival drop 7 to 10% ...

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 battery-operated compression belt buckled around the chest restores blood flow better than manual chest compressions and conventional CPR, according to a Johns Hopkins-led animal study. The device, ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE - New technology is helping save lives in southeast Wisconsin. An automated chest compression device is changing the way paramedics do their jobs. There are currently 12 LUCAS 3 devices with ...

Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc. released positive results for a clinical trial for its ResQPump and ResQPOD cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance devices. The Roseville, Minnesota-based CPR ...

IT CAN SAVE LIVES. THIS DEVICE IS CPR FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT IT’S NOT EASY TO GET WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS FOUND OUT WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY ALREADY, AND SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO SAYS ...

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 ...

A second LUCAS device joins one donated by Dayton Toyota to boost cardiac care.

GREECE, N.Y. – The North Greece Fire District received a lifesaving gift Wednesday. The LUCAS 3 mechanical CPR device is used to deliver chest compressions to a person in cardiac arrest. Firefighters ...