Local News New CPR Guidelines Involve More Chest Compressions Posted 2:21 p.m. Aug 3, 2006 - Updated 6:50 a.m. Dec 7, 2005 ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

The LUCAS Chest Compression System is a medical device that assists emergency care personnel in maintaining life-sustaining blood circulation to the brain and heart in sudden cardiac arrest patients.

ORLANDO, Fla. — It's helping first responders save lives, and now, more agencies are getting a hold of it. The LUCAS III device is a chest compression system that works on its own.

New equipment to provide uninterrupted chest compressions to patients being treated by the air ambulance team will "enhance" the care provided. The equipment is designed to free up staff so they ...