Download - PulsePoint Respond
PulsePoint Citizen Responder
CPR/AED Mobile Apps
to improve community
response to cardiac arrest
“When Minutes Matter”
Richard Price, Founder/President, PulsePoint Foundation
How PulsePoint WorksPulsePoint connects to the local 9-1-1 system and
alerts CPR-trained citizens to someone nearby having
a Sudden Cardiac Arrest
PulsePoint further directs these citizen rescuers, with
a live map, to the nearest publicly available
defibrillator (AED)
Cumulative Response Timeline
Dispatch Turnout Travel To Patient
01:00 02:30 07:30 09:15
01:00 01:30 05:00 01:45
Response time is the biggest challenge we
face with Sudden Cardiac Arrest
PSAP
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Effective bystander response is crucial to
improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
Deployment and
Use• App coverage in 1,100+ communities
across 22 states; ~200 in process; #1
App
• 250,000+ users, adding 500+ users/per
day
• Over 10,000 citizen responders
activated to more than 3,500 cardiac
arrest incidents to date
• Responders shared between systems
Complete AED
management via
dedicated mobile app
PulsePoint users can
help build and
maintain your AED
registry
Crowdsourced
information verified by
local agency
Conclusion
• Improve cardiac arrest survival rate through improved bystander performance
• CPR initiated more often, sooner, and of higher quality; greater use of public AEDs
• Renewed conversation; next generation engagement
• Community involvement in maintaining registry helps build much needed AED mindfulness and location awareness
Additional Information
• The apps are available for download
from the Apple App Store and Google
Play
• Visit the website at PulsePoint.org
• Visit Physio-Control.com/PulsePoint
• Visit facebook.com/PulsePoint
• Follow @PulsePoint for general news
and @1000livesaday for real-time
activations