NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of a LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System for county jail ...
Deb Ross of Rapid City might have died without life-saving equipment, including an automated CPR machine called a Lucas 3 device, that first responders used after she suffered a cardiorespiratory ...
Hancock County purchased new LUCAS CPR devices for every area fire department, including volunteer stations. HANCOCK COUNTY, ...
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 ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu EMS calls the automated CPR machine a game changer. LUCAS, the Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System, can do chest compressions consistently for at least 30 ...
The recent fifth annual Raghbir Riarh Memorial Golf Tournament raised more than $26,000, surpassing its fundraising goal and ...
FARGO - Emergency medical staff across the state will soon be able to lend patients a hand more easily, with the help of a statewide grant. North Dakota's Department of Health was recently awarded a ...
In many rural parts of Nebraska, CPR is challenging, said Dean Cole, the EMS and Trauma Program Administrator with the Division of Public Health. In smaller areas, there might be just one pre-hospital ...
VIRGINIA BEACH -- The City of Virginia beach has one Lucas machine as a pilot project. The devices cost about $15,000. Crews have been using the machine since July 2013. They've used on 20 percent of ...
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 ...
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- The city of Orange Beach is one step closer to purchasing life saving equipment for beach lifeguards. The fire department is receiving a grant from the firehouse subs foundation ...