June 8, 2017

New Program Combines Off-Duty Professional Firefighters, Technology, and Defibrillators to help Save Lives

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (June 8, 2017): Sioux Falls will be the second site in the United States selected for a pilot program to utilize off-duty professional firefighters in response to cardiac arrest calls in public and private settings. The Verified Responder Pilot Program is being launched in Sioux Falls through a partnership of the PulsePoint Foundation, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, International Association of Firefighters Local 814, and automated external defibrillator (AED) manufacturer Philips. The first pilot site for the Verified Responder program was implemented earlier this year…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: AED, IAFF, International Association of Firefighters, Local 814, King County Emergency Medical Services, Philips Healthcare, Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Verified Responder

June 5, 2017

Citizen CPR Foundation and PulsePoint Competition to Award $20,000 Grant for Local PulsePoint Respond Implementation

PulsePoint Respond has successfully multiplied rescuer response to cardiac arrest, located nearby AED’s and amplified resources in a community to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival. OVERLAND PARK, KS (June 5, 2017)— It is with a shared vision, to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest by stimulating effective community, professional and citizen action, that the PulsePoint Foundation and the Citizen CPR Foundation join forces to bring a first-of-its-kind grant competition to the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update (ECCU) Conference in New Orleans, December 5-8, 2017. The grant includes a…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: Citizen CPR Foundation, ECCU, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update, Grant

April 11, 2017

Priority Dispatch and PulsePoint Announce Global Strategic Partnership

Industry Leaders Team Up to Help Emergency Communication Centers Connect Citizen Responders with Lifesaving AEDs Priority Dispatch: Adam Hinckley, (800) 363-9127 PulsePoint: Shannon Smith, (773) 339-7513 NEW ORLEANS (April 12, 2017)—Priority Dispatch Corp. (“PDC”) and the PulsePoint Foundation (“PulsePoint”) today announced a global, strategic partnership that will optimize the way Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMD) pinpoint and communicate the location of automated external defibrillators (AED) during time-critical cardiac emergencies. Through this partnership, the organizations unveiled…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: AED, Automated External Defibrillator, Bryan McNally, EMD, IAED, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, Jeff Clawson, Medical Dispatch Protocols, MPDS, Navigator, Priority Dispatch, ProQA, AED Registry

March 27, 2017

CSFD Brings Lifesaving Technology to Coral Springs and Parkland via PulsePoint, a 9-1-1 Integrated Mobile App

Coral Springs - Today, the Coral Springs Fire Department joined the PulsePoint Foundation and CTIA Wireless Foundation to extend life-saving technology in Broward County via the PulsePoint Respond app. The event was held at Fire Station 80 and was highlighted by messages from Mayor Skip Campbell, Fire Chief Frank Babinec and CTIA Wireless Foundation Executive Director Athena Polydorou. The speakers detailed the benefits of the mobile app, which alerts CPR-trained citizens of cardiac events in their vicinity so they may administer aid. The app also notifies users of the closest available…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: Broward County, Coral Springs, CTIA Wireless Foundation, Frank Babinec, Parkland

February 22, 2017

Honolulu EMS Brings Lifesaving Technology to the Island via PulsePoint, a 9-1-1 Integrated Mobile App

PulsePoint Respond empowers CPR-trained citizens and off-duty professionals to provide critical assistance to cardiac arrest victims HONOLULU, February 22, 2017 - Today, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department (HONEMS) joined the PulsePoint Foundation and CTIA Wireless Foundation to bring life-saving technology to Oahu via the PulsePoint Respond app. The event was held at the Nu'uanu YMCA in Honolulu and was highlighted by messages from Senator Mazie Hirono, Honolulu City and County Managing Director Roy Amemiya, Honolulu EMS Chief Dean Nakano and CTIA Wireless Foundation…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: CTIA, CTIA Wireless Foundation, Dean Nakano, HONEMS, Honolulu, Honolulu EMS, Mazie Hirono

February 14, 2017

Pilot Program Leverages Off-Duty Professional Firefighters, Technology and Defibrillators to Save Lives

Each year, approximately 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital setting in the United States. Nearly 90 percent of these events prove fatal, and the chance of survival decreases by ten percent with every passing minute without CPR.* Though survival rates in the Northwest exceed the national average, a coalition of professional first responders, clinicians, researchers and a leading medical equipment manufacturer aim to make the region the frontrunner in cardiac arrest response and survival. The PulsePoint Foundation, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, International Association of…

Filed Under: Press Release, Highlights, News | Tagged With: IAFF, International Association of Firefighters, King County, King County EMS, Local 1660, Mickey Eisenberg, Mike Duyck, Mohamud Daya, Philips Healthcare, Tom Rea, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, TVF&R, Verified Responder

January 29, 2017

Albuquerque paramedic recognized by Mayor for “off-the-clock” response

David Zamora was recognized for helping someone suffering a heart-attack while off the clock using the PulsePoint app. The app is linked to the dispatch system and lets people know if someone is in need of medical help in a public place near them. Zamora said he and his wife had been shopping all day when he got the alert that someone needed CPR. He was honored for his effort, but Zamora said his wife is the real hero. “This came right at the end where I promised her we would be home. She could see that it was nagging on me and she said, ‘Turn around, let’s go check.'” Source: KRQE News 13

Filed Under: News, Highlights | Tagged With: Albuquerque, David Zamora, Mayor Richard Berry

November 23, 2016

Off-duty Salem firefighter saves life with app's help

Fire Captain Greg Sanberg was running errands in Salem this spring when an app on his phone alerted him about a medical emergency at a nearby motel. This wasn’t a chance Facebook or Twitter post: With the help of the mobile app, the off-duty firefighter was able to locate a woman in cardiac arrest. Sanberg, 47, performed chest compressions. The woman began to breathe around the time emergency responders arrived, he said. “It was just as sliver of time when I was that close to that person,” he said. The app is called PulsePoint. City officials say it has helped boost Salem’s cardiac arrest…

Filed Under: News, Highlights | Tagged With: Greg Sanberg, Mike Niblock, Salem

March 25, 2016

PulsePoint President Richard Price named to Government Technology's Top 25 innovators in the public sector

Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, Drivers Revealed Honorees cut through the public sector’s barriers toinnovation and succeed in improving services to citizens SACRAMENTO, Calif. – March 24, 2016 – Government Technology announced its 2016 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers – 25 individuals or teams who exemplify transformative use of technology that’s improving the way government does business and serves its citizens. Showcased in the April/May issue of Government Technology magazine, this year’s list includes public and private sector technology leaders focused on…

Filed Under: News, Highlights | Tagged With: erepublic, Government Technology, Government Technology Magazine, Margaret Mohr, Noelle Knell, Richard Price, Top 25