Here you can read, listen and watch how to apply the LUCAS Chest Compression System for training and re-training purposes. Users are encouraged to do refresher training's at least once a year.

“The LUCAS device is intended for use as an adjunct to manual CPR when effective manual CPR is not possible (e.g., during patient transport or extended CPR when fatigue may prohibit the delivery of effective/consistent compressions to the victim, or when insufficient EMS personnel are available to provide effective CPR).

We suggest you train not only on the LUCAS device, but on your complete local resuscitation protocol, including manual chest compressions, rhythm checks, defibrillation, ventilation, medication and patient management strategies. These are all …

Watch these films to get an understanding of how to prepare, use and maintain the LUCAS 3 device (relevant for both LUCAS 3, v3.0 and v3.1). The films can be downloaded here.

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The LUCAS™ Chest Compression System is a portable tool designed to overcome problems identified with manual chest compressions. LUCAS assists rescuers by delivering effective, consistent and continuous chest compressions as recommended in the American Heart Association guidelines 1. 2.2 Intended use LUCAS Chest Compression System is to be

The goal when using the LUCAS device is to provide effective, consistent, and uninterrupted chest compressions. When an interruption to chest compressions occurs, the patient’s coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) drops rapidly. CPP is the measure of the pressure that drives blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle.

compressions. The LUCAS device assists rescuers by delivering effective, consistent and continuous chest compressions, as recommended in the American Heart Association guidelines1 and the European Resuscitation Council guidelines2. The LUCAS chest compression system can be used in a wide variety of situations

medical services (EMS) or healthcare system characteristics, and the patient’s condition. Non-secured airway (e.g., bag-valve-mask): Stop chest compressions during delivery of ventilations. The AHA and ERC Guidelines recommend a compression/ventilation ratio of 30:2, providing rescue breaths over 1 second each, with enough

after implementing LUCAS. Today, Allina Health EMS’s survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest is among the best in the U.S. The device provides better compressions than manual CPR over long periods and allows for functional CPR in a moving ambulance. Plus hands-free CPR makes the scene of a cardiac arrest run more smoothly. Measuring Success