Spokane County Fire District 8 is getting ready to roll out devices that can perform CPR on patients, reducing the number of firefighters and paramedics needed to treat them. The district purchased ...

Resuscitating a cardiac arrest victim with a common household plunger might seem like an impossibility. But after University doctor Keith Lurie cared for a patient who survived that exact situation, ...

A grant for new CPR equipment will let Omaha first responders potentially save more lives while also staying safe when transporting patients. The Omaha Fire Department now owns 12 LUCAS 3 Chest ...

CPR saves lives, but it’s not exactly easy for first responders when they’re working in cramped spaces or inside a moving ambulance. Then there’s the problem of fatigue. “There’s a lot of research ...

Roseville-based Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc., is touting the results of a recent clinical trial that found that the company's device provides a better alternative to traditional CPR. The trial ...

A mechanical device that delivers chest compressions during CPR does not improve short-term survival of cardiac arrest patients, compared to traditional hand compressions, a new study shows. "Many ...

A new device Seattle researchers had hoped would improve the city's already stellar rates of survival for cardiac arrest patients appears to have failed its first major test. A five-city study found ...

A study led by Dr. Tom P. Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, shows an alternative method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation increases long-term survival ...