July 19, 2005 — -- Almost 1,000 Americans die each day from cardiac arrest, according to the American Heart Association. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a critical life-saving technique, but ...

Lumberton firefighters have a new way to perform CPR - a machine that is 95 percent more effective than manual CPR. The 17-pound LUCAS Chest Compression System is the first of its kind in Hardin and ...

Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it’s hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under way to ...

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, ...