Key result
Mobile responder apps help bridge critical emergency response delays in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Why the study?
Emergency services often arrive after the critical first few minutes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, necessitating technological bridging solutions to improve survival.
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Mobile apps linking volunteer responders and locating AEDs represent a potential technological bridging solution to support the chain of survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest before emergency services arrive.
In cases of emergency, such as out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, the first few minutes are crucial for victims to receive care and have a positive outcome. However, emergency services often arrive on scene after those first few minutes, making any bridging solutions key. Finding a defibrillator or accessing a trained volunteer responder are some of the technological solutions that are being developed to support the chain of survival. This paper looks at technologies, in particular those linked to mobile apps that have been used to locate defibrillators and responder apps that enable responders to attend to nearby emergencies. We review a selection of apps and also assess the challenges and considerations for such apps.
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Keung et al. (2026) conducted a review in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Mobile apps for locating defibrillators and alerting responders was evaluated. Mobile apps designed to locate defibrillators and alert volunteer responders offer potential technological solutions to bridge the time gap before emergency services arrive for cardiac arrest victims.
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