JEMS Top 10 Innovators in EMS

JEMS Top 10 Innovators in EMS - Richard Price

So what if I told you that today you have the ability to have another responder to your agency roster. Better yet, what if I told you, you were now authorized to bring everyone in your town onto your active duty roster. That is what they effectively did in Los Angeles County as they went live with the pulse point app. In fact that number climbs when you look at all the agencies that have gone live with the newly created application.

Pulsepoint released this press statement when their President was one of the top 10 EMS innovators as named by JEMS and Physio-Control. The application was developed as a way to take community responders to the scene of an incident they were close by. Tied into the dispatch system, this app will locate those that are near the scene and can walk to assist. Firehouse magazine recent ran an editorial on the application as it helped send a responder to the scene of a cardiac arrest well before the fire department and EMS units arrived.

As communities begin to model after others that have started community CPR programs, this system will pair those trained individuals with those that are capable of helping. Not many times will an individual suffer sudden cardiac arrest in front of a trained individual, but in this instance those that are in walking distance of the patient can be summoned to respond as a good samaritan. We all know that quick access to CPR is vital to a patient's chance of survival and this application will help find those willing and trained to help.

So to Mr. Price of Pulsepoint for your dedication to helping those in the communities we serve. Go you go to pulsepoint.org for more information, or download the application on the Apple Store or Google Play. The local jurisdiction must be signed up to participate so if your community isn't being served bring it up to their EMS directors and Fire Chiefs and let them know you are willing to help!

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