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Automated CPR devices deployed across Columbia County fire units, chief says
Summary
Chief Ray Blessing described Columbia Countys deployment of Lucas mechanical CPR devices (claimed federal grant funding), citing the devices $18,000 price and its role in providing consistent compressions and freeing crew to perform other life-saving interventions.
Columbia County has equipped its fire units with Lucas automated CPR devices to improve cardiac-arrest care, Ray Blessing said. Blessing described the devices as compression machines that deliver consistent, high-quality chest compressions and free crew members to perform other critical interventions; he called the devices "a huge help for us."
Blessing said the devices were funded in part by a federal grant and cost about $18,000 each; he said the county placed them on frontline units so crews can deploy the device at the scene rather than relying solely on manual compressions during transport. The devices are intended to maintain perfect rate and depth during CPR and to improve patient outcomes by enabling other simultaneous treatments.
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