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

LUCAS 3 Training All this week SWFD personnel have been conducting hands-on training with the Stryker Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS 3) mechanical chest compression device. The LUCAS3 is an easy-to-use mechanical chest compression device that will help SWFD personnel deliver high-quality, guidelines-consistent chest compressions to sudden cardiac arrest patients; in the field, on the move and in the hospital. Studies show that continuous chest compressions are a critical co