This morning I talked to the medical director for EMS and Trauma in Arizona, a state that’s been very progressive in seeking to reduce cardiac arrest deaths (they did the studies that showed simple compression-only CPR can be more effective than traditional methods). He told me that Arizona will be partnering with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District to implement and study a new mobile app that links volunteers and cardiac arrest victims through dispatch and smartphone alerts with GPS mapping.
Last night, I interviewed the creator of the app on Gov 2.0 Radio. He said that the most important thing communities can do right now is ensure they have accurate and public inventories and maps of their AEDs.
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