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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

FARGO - Emergency medical staff across the state will soon be able to lend patients a hand more easily, with the help of a statewide grant. North Dakota's Department of Health was recently awarded a ...

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 ...

The department will purchase three LUCAS model automated-robotic CPR machines with the grant and city budgeted funds, costing a total of slightly more than $49,706. In a staff report about the grant ...

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 ...

The Fremont Fire Department received the go-ahead on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to move forward with the purchase of three new, updated automatic-robot CPR machines for use in city ambulances. The Fremont City ...