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 ...

Chilton County deputies now carry AEDs in all patrol vehicles after a grant from the Alabama Sheriffs Association boosted their life-saving tools.

SPRINGVILLE — At its meeting Tuesday, the Springville City Council discussed the possibility of purchasing LUCAS Chest Compression System devices, or automated CPR machines, for its first responders.

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue is adding critical life-saving equipment to each piece of front-line emergency equipment in the department’s fleet. Thanks to a grant from Homeland Security and the Federal ...

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 ...

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AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Autauga County Commission has invested some of the federal CARES Act money it received from the state into a dozen medical devices that could save the life of someone ...

Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New Albany Fire has a new piece of equipment that can help save lives in a heart emergency. The LUCAS machine can be used when someone is in cardiac arrest. The machine ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

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, ...