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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Defibtech’s recall of its automated continuous chest compression device as class I, the most ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — 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. Bob Eul ...

Microgravity makes even simple tasks such as eating, showering, and getting around more difficult. Not only that, but it also complicates emergency medical procedures. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives – and researchers say they’ve now come up with a better method. Automatic chest compression carried out by a mechanical piston ...

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 ...