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AMR Teaches More Than 51,000 People How to Save Lives with Compression-Only CPR

(Greenwood Village, CO) - On May 22, American Medical Response (AMR) healthcare professionals went coast-to-coast and trained more than 51,000 people how to save a life using chest compression-only CPR as part of the inaugural AMR World CPR Challenge. One hundred and forty AMR operations in 40 states, as well as operations in Trinidad and Tobago and India, participated in the day-long event. “Compression-only CPR performed by a bystander can more than double the survival rate of a...
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AMR Teaches More Than 51,000 People How to Save Lives with Compression-Only CPR

One-Day AMR World CPR challenge held in 40 states and two foreign countries

News • May 24th, 2013
CE Video: Implementation of Dispatch-Assisted CPR

Ben Bobrow, MD, FACEP, discusses the importance of prearrival CPR instructions.

Video • May 24th, 2013
Stories from the Streets: Pulseless

Coping mechanisms are taxed by a pediatric arrest

Article • May 24th, 2013
Physio-Control Introduces TrueCPR Coaching Device to Optimize Manual CPR Performance

TrueCPR is a simple-to-use tool that accurately measures manual chest compressions to optimize manual CPR by providing high-quality feedback, in both real-time and following a resuscitation event

Press Release • May 20th, 2013
TrueCPR Coaching Device

The TrueCPR™ Coaching Device is designed to optimize the quality and performance of manual CPR providing simple, accurate feedback to rescuers.

Video • May 20th, 2013
TrueCPR Coaching Device

Unlike accelerometer-based devices TrueCPR measures the relative distance from the chest sensor to reference pad, regardless of patient movement

Product • May 20th, 2013
Stemming STEMI

$3.5 million grant assists the development of Acute Coronary Syndrome network in Dallas County

Article • May 1st, 2013
ZOLL to Incorporate Mobile CareGuide Sensor Into Monitor/Defibrillators

CareGuide sensor continuously and noninvasively monitors tissue metabolism and can be used to determine when a patient has undetected internal bleeding and may be in danger of going into shock.

Press Release • April 18th, 2013
Quality Corner: EMS and Health Insurance

STEMI treatment driven by Medicare’s D2B requirement is the first time most EMS agencies and hospitals have been forced to work together

Article • April 12th, 2013
Qatar Unveils New Ambulances Equipped with Physio-Control Lifesaving Tools

Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service is the first Middle East EMS system to deploy LUCAS Chest Compression System agency-wide

Press Release • April 11th, 2013
Literature Review: CPR Before Defibrillation

What does the evidence really say?

Article • April 1st, 2013
Memphis Fire Department Deploys CPR Devices On All Front-line Ambulances

The agency already possesses 15 LUCAS devices and an additional 21 LUCAS devices were purchased through a $240,000 grant.

Press Release • March 15th, 2013
Code STEMI Web Series Examines London Ambulance Service

Documentary explores how one of the busiest ambulance services in the world is pushing emergency medicine forward

Article • March 11th, 2013
Clinical Trials find Pit Crew Approach with Real-Time CPR Feedback Saves Lives

Study demonstrated an association between a dedicated CPR quality initiative using real-time audiovisual feedback and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes

News • March 2nd, 2013
ZOLL Signs Pledge to Make Patient Data Available to Reduce Preventable Deaths

Pledge made at the Masimo Foundation Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit encourages others to share health data to improve patient care

Press Release • January 29th, 2013

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