CriticaLink Helps Countries Lacking EMS

Jennifer Farrell, a Fulbright scholar and fourth-year medical student at Tulane University, founded CriticaLink, a nonprofit mobile app company, to more quickly help first responders get to accidents in countries where emergency medical services are inconsistent or, in some cases, nonexistent.   Calls made through the app will be dispatched through a call center, or app users can send photos and submit geo-tagged information. When accidents are reported, nearby trained first responders will receive a ping and a pop-up notification on their phones. The number for the call center is a long one for now (096 7878 7878), but post-pilot phase, the company will transition to a shorter number, like 911, once they’ve collected enough data and make any necessary changes to the system, Ms. Farrell said.     The app launched in the Google Play store this past November, along with the call center. “We are working on the Apple and Windows version, but since 87 percent of our volunteers run Android phones in Bangladesh — they’re cheaper and easier to come by — [there] hasn’t been a big push,” she said. Tags: CriticaLink, Google Play, EMS, emergency medicine, Android, BangladeshPublished: 1/27/2015 8:38:00 AM
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