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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to cardiac arrest management, the guidelines say the most definitive treatment is high-quality chest ...

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, ...

A Des Moines woman credits CPR and a LUCAS device for saving her life after cardiac arrest. She now shares her story as the ...

While en route to the hospital, paramedics used a mechanical CPR device called a LUCAS device for another 14 minutes. The ...

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 ...

ANTIOCH — Three days after the Contra Costa County Fire District rolled out a new CPR robot that does compressions, firefighters used it to savea 50-year-old man who had collapsed from a heart attack.

COURTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- It's a life-saving technique being made even better by technology. A new automated CPR machine is taking the place of manual compressions, and this weekend it helped save ...

The Modesto and Stanislaus Consolidated fire departments are testing CPR devices that could conserve manpower, reduce stress on the bodies of personnel and, most important, save lives. Two engine ...