MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Steve Bakos says in 2023, they confirmed 11 patients who had CPR performed, actually got a pulse back from crews and then walked out ...

A life-saving CPR device is being implemented in fire departments across Western Washington. It’s called a LUCAS device and ...

The Freeman Screen Team stops by during Heart Health Month with instructions on the importance of CPR. CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) is an emergency medical procedure that involves performing ...

National accreditation, hundreds of hours in training, and 146,000 miles on the road were some of the highlights of the 2024 year-in-review presentation by the McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance ...

February is American Heart Month, and the American Heart Association is placing a special emphasis this year on training people to learn CPR.

Could I have done more for this family? What if I’d answered the door sooner or done the compressions harder? I want a ...

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, 11-year-old Vada saw her dad collapse. His heart had stopped. She immediately called 911 ...

Medical guidelines evolve over time based on research and new technology. Staying current with these updates allows you to ...

Furthermore, mechanical devices do not tire, and maintain consistent depth and rate of compressions. The main disadvantage of A-CPR is the substantial weight of the device (11.6 kg including battery).

Contrast chest CT images from 185 patients with a single ventricle were analyzed, including 73 patients before BCPS (0.5 ± 0.7 yr, 6.2 ± 2.4 kg), 61 patients after BCPS (6.0 ± 9.2 yr, 19.6 ± ...