IT CAN SAVE LIVES. THIS DEVICE IS CPR FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT IT’S NOT EASY TO GET WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS FOUND OUT WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY ALREADY, AND SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO SAYS ...

DECATUR – Doing CPR during a medical emergency is difficult. A lot of force and speed is needed to keep blood flowing through the body when the heart quits. After two minutes, even the most fit ...

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 ...

Community West Foundation, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, awarded a grant to the Avon Lake Fire Department on Feb. 3 to support the purchase of two LUCAS Mechanical CPR ...

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 ...

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Bayou Blue Volunteer Fire Department has received a new automated chest compression device, funded through House Bill 782 from the 2024 Louisiana legislative session ...

HUBER HEIGHTS —The Huber Heights Fire Division is the first department in Montgomery County to own and utilize an automated chest compression machine, which officials said provides more consistent ...

PUTNEY — It may be a few years away, but a new device with a long history of development could replace the AEDs that are ubiquitously attached to walls around the United States. Norman Paradis, of ...

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 ...

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 ...