Automated CPR Compression Devices Save EMS Provider’s Backs
Raise your hand if you have ever had a sore back from a long run of CPR while working a cardiac arrest.
Prolonged compressions by any individual not only hurts you, but it also hurts your patient’s chances of survival. Many studies have shown a significant reduction in effectiveness of compressions after just a few minutes of CPR.
Automated CPR assist devices like the LUCAS from Physio-Control don’t get tired. This translates to a more rested and efficient EMS provider and more importantly into higher cardiac arrest survival rates in the field.
I had a chance to check out the new LUCAS 2, a battery operated version of their air powered cpr compression adjunct. Watch the video of that interview below.
LUCAS 2 CPR Compression Assist Device
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With reference to your article on automated cpr devices, we worked with the lucas device which was O2 driven when our last chief exec was in charge but since then we have a new boss and all our devices where taken out of use. Which were a considerible number of devices, the reason given too us was that there was not enough research on the product in the UK therfore it could not be certified safe in the ems field therefore thay were taken out of service. I on the other hand found these devices very uesfull yet a little barbaric, especially working as a lone responder on a rrv (rapid response vehicle – {paramedic in a car}).