July 19, 2005 — -- Almost 1,000 Americans die each day from cardiac arrest, according to the American Heart Association. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a critical life-saving technique, but ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH, June 14 - Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) works better than an automated chest compression device, according to emergency medicine researchers from the University of ...

Two studies comparing the use of manual chest compression vs. an automated chest compression device during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest produce contrasting findings, according to ...

Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Sweden and colleagues assessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients. They assessed whether CPR in which chest compressions are delivered ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ambulances in New Albany now have new equipment to help save live. AmeriPro EMS demonstrated its new LUCAS machine on Friday. It gives mechanical chest compressions to ...

Frees rescuers to provide other life-saving therapies without the limitations or difficulties of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Standardizes the quality of chest compressions adhering to ...

"The study was designed to show a better 4-hour survival in the group treated with mechanical chest compressions, and this was not achieved," said lead investigator Sten Rubertsson, MD, PhD, professor ...

In the event of cardiac arrest outside of a hospital it is important to provide effective chest compressions without interruption. Creating blood flow reduces the risk of brain damage and improves the ...

Positioning a support stool under a dental chair allows clinicians to perform more effective CPR chest compressions in patients experiencing cardiac arrest, according to a study recently published in ...