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This Public Service Announcement (PSA) is provided to raise awareness about the innovative, location-aware PulsePoint phone application. The new app empowers everyday citizens to provide life-saving...
This Public Service Announcement (PSA) is provided to raise awareness about the innovative, location-aware PulsePoint phone application. The new app empowers everyday citizens to provide life-saving assistance to victims of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).
Courtesy of PulsePoint Foundation

The PulsePoint app is available for Apple and Android operating systems.
The PulsePoint app is available for Apple and Android operating systems.
Courtesy of PulsePoint Foundation

The app notifies nearby users when CPR and AEDs are needed. The map shows the location of the victim and also the closest AED units.
The app notifies nearby users when CPR and AEDs are needed. The map shows the location of the victim and also the closest AED units.

App Makes Bystanders Key in Cardiac Arrest Survival

Citizens in a growing number of cities around the U.S. are now getting alerted when there’s an opportunity to perform bystander CPR, thanks to the PulsePoint phone app. The Technology The free app, which notifies trained citizens of nearby cardiac emergencies and the location of the...

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