Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department has purchased a LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System.
The department said it is the first EMS agency in Wood County to own this device.
The LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System is a portable tool designed to overcome problems identified with manual chest compressions. The LUCAS device assists rescuers by delivering effective, consistent and continuous chest compressions as recommended in the American Heart Association guidelines, said Fire Chief Mark Stewart.
The LUCAS Chest Compression System can be used in a wide variety of situations and settings: on the scene, during patient movement, during transportation in road and air ambulances, in hospital and catheterization laboratories.
The LUCAS Chest Compression System is to be used for performing external cardiac compressions on adult patients who have acute circulatory arrest defined as absence of spontaneous breathing and pulse, and loss of consciousness, Stewart said.