It's designed to support manual CPR rather than replace it. The machine is portable, battery-operated, and compresses the chest without stopping. It's intended to reduce the impact of rescuer fatigue.

The department recently received a grant allowing them to purchase a LUCAS device, an automated chest compression machine ...

This is the kind of technology that truly makes a difference in patient outcomes,” Fire Chief Steven Lavigne said.

This study was undertaken to compare the rates of survival to hospital between C-CPR and A-CPR in adults following OHCA in this setting.

MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) – McMechen Volunteer Fire Department’s EMS squad is proud to announce some new upgrades. Recently, they added two new cardiac monitors and a new auto pulse machine.

Currently she is in the process of adding portable x-ray and imaging machines ... up a separate CPR/AED Training Center with the introduction of Defibtech Lifeline ARM Automated Chest Compression ...

Our devices will be both more effective and safer than conventional manual CPR or the single-mode automated CPR devices that are available on the market today." Paradis added "I think that it is ...

President Joe Biden signed the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act into law.