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 ...

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 ...

NORWICH - Just days after putting a new automated CPR machine – the first in Norwich - into service, Taftville Fire Department members were called on to use the device. “On Monday, less than a week ...

New automatic CPR machines in use for about a month on Vandergrift/Oklahoma EMS ambulances have already helped paramedics and EMTs save lives. Vandergrift/Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services recently ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

More hospitals and ambulances across the state may soon have access to an automated CPR device that health officials say is more consistent than human-performed CPR. The Iowa Department of Public ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...