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 ...

Fire Chief Jackie Brockman, left, and Assistant Chief Spenser Hunter of the Amity Volunteer Fire Department demonstrate how the LUCAS CPR device works. The piece of equipment provides consistent, ...

Firefighting officials in Lake County may not keep statistics on how more lives are saved by the use of chest compression machines, but they agree once they started using them the number of people ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A relatively new device is being used by several local fire departments and ambulance companies to mechanically provide CPR to those in need. Once your heart stops working, ...

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 ...

Heart attack victims who were resuscitated by chest compressions applied manually fared better than those revived with a mechanical device that compresses the chest, a study said on Tuesday. Subscribe ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Anyone at Hill Air Force Base suffering a condition that requires chest compressions may have a better chance of survival thanks to a newly acquired mechanical chest compression ...