The Queensland Ambulance Service has rolled out a new Mechanical Chest Compression Device that assists paramedics in delivering effective, consistent, continuous compression's for patients in cardiac arrest. These devices allow cardiac compression's to be delivered safely in a moving ambulance, resulting in no interruption to patient care, a safer working environment for paramedics and ultimately increasing the survival rates for patients who suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest. With the fi

Everyone should know some basic CPR - including chest compression. But when a patient needs chest compression and has other traumas, paramedics can be stretched. The Lucas 3 device maintains automatic chest compression, letting paramedics multitask. | Interesting Engineering