PulsePoint Respond is a real-time view into dispatch, increasing community awareness of emergent events, alerting citizens to cardiac arrest victims nearby.
On Feb. 20, a collaborative group of local fire departments, businesses, nonprofits, and hospitals (The “Tri County Cardiac Arrest Collaborative”) announced the adoption of
PulsePoint in Douglas, Sarpy and Washington Counties, and currently available in Lincoln. The event was held at Thompson Alumni Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The speakers detailed the benefits of PulsePoint, a free-to-download mobile app, which:
1) alerts citizens of cardiac events in their vicinity so they may administer aid
2) helps build a comprehensive Automated External Defibrillator (AED) registry
PulsePoint Respond empowers everyday citizens to provide life saving assistance to victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). PulsePoint Respond app subscribers who have indicated they are willing to assist in case of an emergency can be notified if someone nearby is having a SCA and may require CPR.
The companion app, PulsePoint AED, lets citizens report and update AED locations so that emergency responders, including nearby citizens, can find an AED close to them when a cardiac emergency occurs. This information is then shared with local authorities to verify. After that, the AED location data can be made available to dispatchers and anyone using the PulsePoint Respond app.
For more information, please visit heart.org.