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Hampshire’s ambulance service is the first in the UK to use “a robotic third crew member” which can carry out CPR automatically. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) has rolled out a new device called LUCAS 3, which provides consistent chest compressions to patients while in an ambulance so that medics can perform other life-saving tasks. It is an upgraded model of LUCAS 2, which was evaluated by SCAS in 2014. Dr John Black, Medical Director at SCAS said: “These devices don’t fatigue or change the delivery in any way, meaning high quality CPR can be delivered for as long as is required while freeing up the paramedic, keeping them seated and belted and able to focus on other critical aspects of patient care on a journey.
South Central Ambulance Service has become the first to roll out a new device that can automatically perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient. The state-of-the-art technology, known as LUCAS 3, is a mechanical system that can deliver high quality chest compressions on a consistent basis from the moment crews arrive on scene, and throughout a patient’s journey to hospital without interruption. This will allow the paramedics to carry out other vital interventions. Medical Director at SCAS, John Black, said: “We know that delivering high quality and uninterrupted chest compressions in cardiac arrest is one of the major determinants of survival to hospital discharge but it can be very challenging for a number of reasons.
A robot paramedic is being used for the first time in Oxfordshire to carry out chest compressions on patients in ambulances to free up the emergency team to carry out other vital treatments. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) is the first in the country to take the new state-of-the-art technology, known as LUCAS 3, onboard its vehicles. The device is a mechanical system which can deliver high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions consistently from the moment crews arrive on scene and throughout a patient’s journey to hospital without interruption. South Central Ambulance Charity has funded 28 of the devices to support crews across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire.
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