Citizen CPR Foundation and PulsePoint Competition to Award $20,000 Grant for Local PulsePoint Respond Implementation

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- It is with a shared vision, to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest by stimulating effective community, professional and citizen action, that the PulsePoint Foundation and the Citizen CPR Foundation join forces to bring a first-of-its-kind grant competition to the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update (ECCU) Conference in New Orleans, December 5-8, 2017. The grant includes a complete PulsePoint Respond implementation, including first year costs (valued at over $20,000), to be awarded to a community that demonstrates commitment to improving care and outcomes consistent with the mission of the Citizen CPR Foundation. The award-winning PulsePoint mobile app, now in more than 2,200 communities nationwide, alerts CPR-trained citizens of cardiac events in their vicinity so they may administer aid, and informs responders and emergency dispatchers of nearby Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). "We support and admire the work of the Citizen CPR Foundation and their unwavering commitment to strengthen the critical early links in the Chain of Survival,” said Richard Price, President of the California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit PulsePoint Foundation. “Although our approaches are distinct, we share the strategy of improving cardiac arrest outcomes through strong community involvement.” Interested communities and representatives are encouraged to learn more and submit an entry at www.pulsepoint.org/eccu. Three finalist communities will be selected...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Training Industry News Source Type: news