When a young athlete named Christine Newman went missing on a hiking expedition deep in the snow-covered mountains of Squamish, a series of fortunate events led to her survival. The story really is amazing. Newman met a group of strangers in a cabin, but when she went to use the outhouse in the middle of […]
San Diego has joined the PulsePoint app team, and is now the largest region in the US to adopt this brilliant app. According to statistics, cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in country, and a mere 8 percent survive. The CPR app alerts users when an emergency occurs nearby. It also displays other […]
As we run through our busy days, rushing off to work, off to class, swallowing a quick bite, or checking in with your honey, we rarely stop to think about the value of 20 minutes. For a 68-year-old Australian woman, 20 minutes was the difference between life and death. After seeing a car veer off […]
One high school in Woburn, MA is considering offering students a CPR elective. In light of the recent Senate Bill 266, which would require all high school students across the country to know CPR as a requirement for graduation, the school committee is acting preemptively. In addition to SB 266, House Bill 416, has also […]
The parents of 16-year-old Morgan Wilson are creating an CPR education organization after their daughter died of cardiac arrest. She collapsed while playing tennis and died in the hospital several days later. Her parents believe she would still be alive today if she had received CPR in time. So, in memory of their daughter, they […]
Off-duty firefighter, Scott Brawner, was working out when the PulsePoint app on his smartphone went off. He responded immediately, interrupting his workout and rushing to the location indicated on his phone. There he found Drew Basse. Brawner began CPR within a minute of the PulsePoint app and Basse is alive today. Brawner received The Citizen […]
A brilliant new CPR app called PulsePoint is going to change emergency rescue. The app alerts phone users within a quarter of a mile when someone has suffered a possible heart attack. It also shows the exact locations of any automated external defibrillators. The Ohio fire department teamed up with a local hospital to integrate […]
