07/25/2017

Partnership Looks to Increase Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

The partners believe the relationship is "a natural fit"

Because 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital setting in the United States each year, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is partnering with the PulsePoint Foundation to bring attention to a mobile app—PulsePoint—that reduces collapse-to-CPR times by connecting CPR-trained citizens and off-duty professional rescuers with people experiencing cardiac arrest.

The app links directly in to local emergency communication centers. When an incident requiring CPR and an automated external defibrillator is reported, nearby citizens and off-duty responders who carry the app receive a notification of the emergency simultaneously with traditional first responders.

IAFC CEO and Executive Director Mark Light, CAE, called the partnership “a natural fit” and said the app has the potential to save countless lives. “I think it’s a prime example of two nonprofit organizations coming together to put out a product that is mutually beneficial,” he said. “To me, that’s a win-win situation.”

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