Though he is reluctant to say so, sometimes a machine can do a better job than a human, said Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford. Such is the case when patients need chest ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ambulances in New Albany now have new equipment to help save live. AmeriPro EMS demonstrated its new LUCAS machine on Friday. It gives mechanical chest compressions to ...

Spokane County Fire District 8 is getting ready to roll out devices that can perform CPR on patients, reducing the number of firefighters and paramedics needed to treat them. The district purchased ...

The depth of chest compressions and the rate at which they were applied make a significant impact on survival and recovery of patients, a review of research by UT Southwestern Medical Center Emergency ...

ALABAMA, N.Y. — A volunteer fire company in the Genesee County town of Alabama has a new medical device which can help them save lives, they shared. The addition is a chest compression system that can ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of a special supplement, “EMS State of the Science: Important advances in prehospital cardiac care and resuscitation,” published in our sister publication JEMS. To ...

Microgravity makes it tricky to do simple tasks like eating, using the toilet and showering, so it is no wonder that performing CPR on someone whose heart stops beating in space is an extremely ...

The depth of chest compressions and the rate at which they were applied make a significant impact on survival and recovery of patients, a review of research by physicians shows. The depth of chest ...

DALLAS - Feb. 5, 2015 - The depth of chest compressions and the rate at which they were applied make a significant impact on survival and recovery of patients, a review of research by UT Southwestern ...