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 ...

Fire Chief Jackie Brockman, left, and Assistant Chief Spenser Hunter of the Amity Volunteer Fire Department demonstrate how the LUCAS CPR device works. The piece of equipment provides consistent, ...

PRAIRIETOWN — Thanks to a pair of firemen from the Prairietown Fire Department and an auto CPR compression machine from an Alton Memorial Hospital ambulance, Randy Luttrell was able to survive a ...

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 ...

WEST UNION, Iowa (KCRG) - First responders and hospitals in Fayette County received new CPR machines as a part of a $500,000. Wednesday evening a group first responders got a hands-on look at the ...

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 ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — Kentwood firefighters are now equipped with machines that help rescuers perform CPR. With the help of a federal grant, the Kentwood Fire Department was able to buy four of the ...

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AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Autauga County Commission has invested some of the federal CARES Act money it received from the state into a dozen medical devices that could save the life of someone ...

Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it’s hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under way to ...