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WATCH: This gadget performs automated chest compressions when manual CPR is not possible 🚑 | In The Know Innovation

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

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