Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...

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 ...

New research has found a more effective way to conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in microgravity, which causes the weightlessness astronauts experience in space. The study found that a type ...

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 ...

HUBER HEIGHTS —The Huber Heights Fire Division is the first department in Montgomery County to own and utilize an automated chest compression machine, which officials said provides more consistent ...

McLaren Central Michigan, part of McLaren Health Care, has received a grant to help with the purchase of potentially lifesaving automated CPR equipment. Housed and used in the emergency department, ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. more A Japanese study found that ...

If an astronaut suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in space, could their life be saved? The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Society for Aerospace Medicine have plans in ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - The Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department receives new equipment that they hope will change the game for their department and their residents. The department recently received a ...