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PulsePoint Respond is an innovative, interactive application that involves citizens in knowing what calls are coming into first responders and, most importantly, gives them a critical role to help save lives. It is available wherever you find apps for your phone, as well as at https://www.pulsepoint.org/download.
When there's a cardiac arrest in Milton, our first responders will rush to the scene as fast as they can. However, in a medical emergency, every second counts. PulsePoint Respond gives qualified bystanders the knowledge and ability to both learn about incidents and provide prompt, potentially life-saving care, even before first responders arrive on scene.
Have questions about PulsePoint? Contact Fire Capt. Mark Haskins -- the Milton Fire-Rescue Department's Medical Services Officer, at mark.haskins@miltonga.gov.
Here's a step-by-step for using PulsePoint Respond to help save lives:
- Learn how to do CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and use an AED (automated external defibrillator)
- Download the PulsePoint app on your phone, then make sure you follow Milton Fire. Also enable PulsePoint alerts ("always") on your device.
- When there's a corresponding medical emergency in your area, you should get an alert from PulsePoint. This will indicate the nature and location of the issue, as well as where the nearest AED is.
- If possible, bystanders like yourself can do CPR and/or use an AED on the person suffering cardiac arrest -- potentially saving a life in the process. For guidance, you can check out the "CPR How-to" and "AED How-to" on the Pulsepoint app.
- For every minute that a person suffering cardiac arrest goes unaided, their chances of survival fall 7 to 10%
- Every year, about 805,000 Americans will suffer a heart attack
- About 475,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest annually
- Less than 40% of adult cardiac arrest victims get qualified help from a layperson before emergency responders arrive
- About 13 million Americans are CPR trained and certified annually
- Fewer than 12% of such victims have an AED applied before EMTs or paramedics are on the scene
- Nearly 70% of cardiac arrests incidents occur within a home
- The PulsePoint Respond app is in more than 4,400 communities and has a network of over 3 million subscribers
Click on the image below -- or CLICK HERE -- for Neighborhood TV's segment on PulsePoint in Milton.