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Cardiac arrest in space: New research shows that automatic chest compressions are more effective for CPR when both rescuer and patient are floating in microgravity

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 ...
WESH

This auto-chest compression device is saving lives in Central Florida

IT CAN SAVE LIVES. THIS DEVICE IS CPR FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT IT’S NOT EASY TO GET WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS FOUND OUT WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY ALREADY, AND SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO SAYS ...
Healio

FDA designates recall of automated chest compression device as class I

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 ...
News Medical

Research finds more effective way to conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation in microgravity

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 ...
U.S. News & World Report

CPR In Space? Best Method Identified, Researchers Say

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 ...