Good Samaritans saving lives? Now there's an App!!

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Check out this app!  The San Ramon Fire Dept built an app to connect first responders to emergencies.  In many cases, especially cardiac events, the difference between a 2 minute and 5 minute response time is the difference between life and death.

According to TechCrunch:

[Y]ou launch it, and it prompts you to ask if you’ve been trained in CPR and would be willing to help a stranger in the event of an emergency. If you accept this, then the application will take advantage of the iPhone’s location monitoring to get a general sense of where you are (a new feature enabled with the most recent update allows this with a minimal amount of battery drain).

Then, the next time a 911 dispatch center receives a call for an emergency that’s occurring near you, you’ll receive a push notification telling you that help is needed. The app will also tell if you if an automated external defibrillator (those electric paddles that can kickstart a heart) is nearby.

How cool is it when technology really does bring us together and make the world a better place!!

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