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Sunnybrook and St. Michael’s Hospitals are working to bring a smartphone application to Toronto. It will integrate potential rescuers with emergency medical dispatch in such a way that they can be directed to the location of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests OHCA within the city. The aim of the application is to increase the number of victims who receive bystander CPR and AED prior to the arrival of TFS/TEMS. Only 30-40 percent of OHCA victims in Toronto receive bystander CPR and 2% have an AED applied. Most victims of cardiac arrest do not receive any attempts at resuscitation for 5-6 minutes.
The application will use a mapping display to show the location of the user, the location of the cardiac arrest and any nearby AEDs on the screen of the smartphone. The application will use the location of the smartphone to determine which users to activate, as on-duty professional rescuers are being dispatched.
They are targeting off-duty paramedics, fire fighters and eventually, qualified citizens.
The ability to toggle the cardiac arrest alert function on and off will be built in.
It is currently only active in San Ramon, California.
More information about the application in this public service video:
http://www.pulsepoint.org/
The application will use a mapping display to show the location of the user, the location of the cardiac arrest and any nearby AEDs on the screen of the smartphone. The application will use the location of the smartphone to determine which users to activate, as on-duty professional rescuers are being dispatched.
They are targeting off-duty paramedics, fire fighters and eventually, qualified citizens.
The ability to toggle the cardiac arrest alert function on and off will be built in.
It is currently only active in San Ramon, California.
More information about the application in this public service video:
http://www.pulsepoint.org/