Emergency responders have always had to struggle to provide quality chest compressions. Fatigue sets in after only two minutes, complicated by pauses to move and load the patient into the ambulance, then try to keep balance in a swaying, moving vehicle while trying to allow a Paramedic to put in a breathing tube and IV, then more moves at the hospital.

The LUCAS System is designed to provide constant, consistent, uninterrupted chest compressions during all these times to maintain life-giving blood flow to the body until the heart begins beating again on its own.

Enables hands-free compressions, allowing responders to provide other lifesaving therapies such as ventilations, medication and defibrillation, and to think ahead in planning the patient’s care

Provides sustained, effective circulation during patient transport

Makes effective CPR possible and reduces the impact of interruptions

Improves chest compressions quality regardless of transport conditions, rescuer fatigue and rescuers’ level of experience

Enhances the safety of care provider by enabling rescuers to sit during transport, rather than standing to provide compressions in a moving vehicle

Developed and built in Sweden, the LUCAS System has been in use around the world since 2003 and in the U.S. since 2008, has proven to be a crucial tool in pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency care. With today’s unfortunate reality of a shortage of first responders in many areas, the LUCAS System can undoubtedly help save hundreds of lives a year in New York alone.

http://www.jolife.se/en/lucas_cpr/lucas_cpr 

http://www.physio-control.com/LUCAS/

Sudden cardiac arrest

 is a leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming the lives of  approximately 335,000 men, women and children every year.