Unlike manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the automated devices, once strapped on someone’s chest during ... the automated compression devices can sit down and use a seat belt during the ...

A battery-operated compression belt buckled around the chest restores blood flow better than manual chest compressions and conventional CPR, according to a Johns Hopkins-led animal study.

Before ACCDs, manual chest compressions were the norm ... his crew members can all sit and use a safety belt during patient transport. "We're going code three to the hospital, making left turns ...

The Life Saver bases in Sylacauga, Cusseta, and Evergreen, along with their sister base, USA SouthFlight in Semmes, are ...

"It works in concert with other seat belt technologies such as pretensioners and load limiters, and its ability to reduce chest compression loads is of benefit in complying with the more stringent ...

Not being burdened by chest compressions will also keep paramedics safer when transporting patients, Mancuso said. “To travel safely in an ambulance, everybody should be in a seat belt ...

New equipment to provide uninterrupted chest compressions to patients being treated by the air ambulance team will "enhance" the care provided. The equipment is designed to free up staff so they ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A federal grant will help AAA Ambulance Service upgrade its fleet of vehicles as well as purchase more than two dozen, mechanical, chest-compression devices. AAA Chief ...