After ten minutes, there is very little chance of successful resuscitation. For every minute that passes the chances for survival decrease by 10%. “These lost minutes are crucial in the precious period of time when someone’s heart has stopped beating properly due to a cardiac arrest. “The concept behind the PulsePoint app is simple – Dispatch nearby CPR-trained citizens, to major cardiac emergencies occurring in public places, where the potential need for bystander CPR is high,” states Chief Price, where he found a way to have the CPR clock start before EMS arrives. A vow and a mission ignited the formation of the noble PulsePoint Foundation (a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation based in the San Francisco Bay Area), whose mission to help activate nearby citizens trained in CPR to render life-saving CPR, and triangulating nearby Automated External Defibrillator (AED) if necessary is now only a reality in lucky parts of California. With today’s technology we can do much better,” states Chief Price. Up until today, we have relied on fate to place CPR-trained citizens where they are needed at the exact time they are needed. For several minutes I sat with friends eating lunch while the paramedics were traveling to the scene unbeknownst to me. I likely could have made a significant difference if I was made aware at the time of the initial 911 call. I didn’t find out about the emergency until the paramedics pulled up in front of a deli where I was having lunch.
“Not long ago I learned too late that someone was having a cardiac arrest right next door to me. What would you do if you were a Fire Chief having lunch while someone nearby needed CPR and you didn’t know it? If you’re Chief Richard Price of the San Ramon Valley Fire Department, you’d be inspired never to let it happen again, and that’s just what he’s done for San Ramon Valley, and now San Jose, California. A revolutionary life-saving application for smart phones (iPhone and Android) has given dusty CPR training new wheels: smart CPR.
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