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Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
‘The platform has become obsolete': Albuquerque Fire Rescue ditches PulsePoint app
**Editor's note: The video above is part of separate related coverage on heart disease. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An app that notifies CPR-trained citizens that someone nearby is experiencing a cardiac emergency, in hopes that the trained individual would respond and provide life-saving care, is no longer being used by Albuquerque Fire Rescue. AFR announced that it has decided not to renew its paid subscription to the app PulsePoint, saying it has become 'obsolete.' In addition to cardiac emergencies, the PulsePoint app displays information about other types of calls firefighters and/or EMTs are dispatched to, such as fires, crashes, hazmat incidents, alarms, medical emergencies, and more. Users also could see the exact address crews were dispatched to, which AFR said is a privacy issue. 'Members of the public were not using it to respond to provide bystander CPR,' AFR Lt. Jason Fejer wrote in an email to KRQE. Bernalillo County installs speed cameras on some state roads According to Fejer, in the 10 years that AFR has utilized PulsePoint, the department is only aware of two instances of bystanders reporting to on-scene crews that they were notified via PulsePoint. If someone should need help in a cardiac emergency, Fejer said AFR dispatchers can coach members of the public on how to perform CPR over the phone. He also said AFR's use of the 'GoodSAM' platform allows dispatchers to do a video call with 911 callers to help instruct them on how to perform CPR. AFR is hoping to use the $13,000 it set aside for PulsePoint each year for community training. 'AFR determined the funding would be better served to enhance our Lifesaver program which teaches members of the public how to perform hands only CPR, naloxone administration, and bleeding control,' Fejer stated. According to a post by AFR on Facebook, the department is looking into other options for the media and the public to follow AFR's responses. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
19-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Chatham cardiac arrest survivor reunited with medic life-savers
A Kent man who had a cardiac arrest has been reunited with the off-duty nurse and medics from South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) who helped to save his Mills, 78 and from Chatham, was out in the town in October 2024 when he collapsed. He had no pulse and his heart had life was saved "against the odds" by off-duty nurse Rachael Lewis, who started chest compressions, and the rapid response of emergency crews, Secamb said."I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the incredible teamwork between the nurse who stopped to help, the paramedics who arrived so quickly, and the hospital staff who continued my care," said Mr Mills. 'CPR truly saves lives' Ms Lewis said she found Mr Mills unresponsive and recognised the signs of cardiac arrest before immediately starting chest compressions, keeping oxygen circulating to his brain and vital organs until help Lewis added: "Thanks to my partner who is CPR-trained, and all the members of the public that stopped to help us, alongside colleagues from Secamb and the emergency services, we were able to deliver effective CPR to save Chris's life."Within minutes of the 999 call, nine members of Secamb were sent to the scene, including community first responder Jade Clabon said: "The actions of Rachael that day gave Chris the best possible chance of survival and it's a reminder of why everyone should know CPR, as it truly saves lives."Mr Mills was stabilised and taken to Medway Maritime Hospital, where he made a recovery. Now, Mr Mills and his wife Brenda are determined to encourage more people to learn CPR so that others can have the same chance he did.
