Every year, 3.8 million people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). While CPR is the ultimate lifeline, survival rates remain suboptimal. Current "one-size-fits-all" chest compression ...
First responders administer CPR on a motorcycle rider. (File photo courtesy OnScene.TV) The San Diego County Fire Protection District has upgraded 35 automated chest-compression devices to their ...
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 ...
A team from American Medical Response, with Phillip Vasquez of the Chino Valley Fire Department, recently taught compressions-only CPR to students at Chino Hills High School. The Feb. 12 class was ...
OUR TODD KAZAKIEWICH WITH THIS STORY FROM WORCESTER. YOU DON’T WANT TO COME IN FROM AN ANGLE. YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT OVER THE PATIENT SO THAT WHEN YOU’RE PRESSING DOWN, YOU CAN USE YOUR BODY. YOU CAN ...
TUCSON, Ariz. – The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than ...
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