ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Every second counts. That's the message from the American Red Cross when it comes to cardiac arrest. The Red Cross and other organizations have doubled down on that message ...
From very young ages, nearly all of us hear about CPR, and maybe even CPR training — learning how to keep someone’s heart beating after they have a heart attack or other cardiac event that causes the ...
CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - Horry County Fire Rescue has new machines that could save a person’s life. Fire rescue officials said the new Stryker Lucas 3 devices perform CPR on people, which can save ...
Lucas 2, an automatic CPR machine, is a device that's saving lives by increasing heart attack victims' chances for survival.Greg Kotschwar, 57, attests to its merit."Quite frankly, I was dead," he ...
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New automatic CPR machines in use for about a month on Vandergrift/Oklahoma EMS ambulances have already helped paramedics and EMTs save lives. Vandergrift/Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services recently ...
WASHINGTON - Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it's hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under ...
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Emergency Medical Services hopes its patients in need of CPR will not miss a beat now that automatic CPR machines have been introduced to its fleet. Essentially a CPR robot, ...
PRAIRIETOWN — Thanks to a pair of firemen from the Prairietown Fire Department and an auto CPR compression machine from an Alton Memorial Hospital ambulance, Randy Luttrell was able to survive a ...
TOWNSEND – A person was in cardiac arrest, and first responders knew they had to act fast. In a situation where most would pair up and switch off between chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breaths, ...
WEST UNION, Iowa (KCRG) - First responders and hospitals in Fayette County received new CPR machines as a part of a $500,000. Wednesday evening a group first responders got a hands-on look at the ...
The Modesto and Stanislaus Consolidated fire departments are testing CPR devices that could conserve manpower, reduce stress on the bodies of personnel and, most important, save lives. Two engine ...