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, ...

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.

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The LUCAS is a mechanical chest compression device that can be used during longer resuscitation attempts. "It's highly effective CPR," said Howell Fire Chief Andy Pless. "We're doing 30 minutes of CPR ...

WEBVTT More and more metro fire departments are investing in an important life-saving device that automates a basic life- support technique, CPR. Mark Tauscheck explains. C-P-R is a relatively simple ...

NORWICH - Just days after putting a new automated CPR machine – the first in Norwich - into service, Taftville Fire Department members were called on to use the device. “On Monday, less than a week ...

A child from Rose Township in Oakland County is working to raise money for a hands-free CPR machine for the Howell Area Fire Department. Lucas Vetter, 9, is doing his part in raising $16,000 for a new ...

Huber Heights emergency services utilizing device to help EMTs during rescues. HUBER HEIGHTS —The Huber Heights Fire Division is the first department in Montgomery County to own and utilize an ...

Community West Foundation, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, awarded a grant to the Avon Lake Fire Department on Feb. 3 to support the purchase of two LUCAS Mechanical CPR ...