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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

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 ...