The Westfield Fire Department and Riverview Health announced the launch of PulsePoint, a free citizen emergency response app. Westfield is the first Hamilton County community to adopt this potentially life-saving technology.
An onsite demo of how the app works will be offered at 2 p.m. today at the Westfield Public Safety Building, 17535 Dartown Road, Westfield.
PulsePoint, a smartphone application notifies community members that first responders are responding to a nearby cardiac arrest, which potentially would allow community members to provide life-saving assistance to victims of Sudden Cardiac Arrest until paramedics arrive.
The app also notifies CPR-trained community members the location of nearby AED units. When CPR-trained individuals receive an alert from PulsePoint, it tells them not only where a cardiac arrest event is happening, but also where they can find the nearest AED.