ER nurse Ed Breech had just returned home from his Christmas Eve shift when his heart suddenly stopped. Luckily, he'd taught ...

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office has a new life-saving tool for medical emergencies in remote areas: The LUCAS 3 automated CPR device. Oftentimes in rural parts of St. Louis County, deputies ...

The internet is abuzz over the recent updates to CPR guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA), specifically the statement: “The routine use of mechanical CPR devices is not recommended for ...

MOUNT CARMEL — The Mount Carmel Area Rescue Squad has acquired a Defibtech Lifeline ARM, a state-of-the-art automated chest compression system designed to deliver consistent, high-quality CPR. The ...

A new CPR-training kiosk opened at the Titan Student Union earlier this month, giving students the ability to train and learn about the life-saving technique. The kiosk is presented by the American ...

Staff photo by Fritz Busch Brown County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeremy Reed displays a LUCAS CPR chest compression machine like the one commissioners approved buying for the Brown County Jail ...

Emergency Response Services in Marshall County recently received upgraded equipment that aims to enhance lifesaving measures Situations involving the need for CPR are scary, and if not administered ...

A NEW study conducted during parabolic flight has shown that automatic chest compression devices (ACCDs), particularly a standard piston device, provide far more effective cardiopulmonary ...

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 ...