PulsePoint

Why Is It So Important?

When a person suffers a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in the United States, bystander CPR is performed only 32% of the time. When Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are available, they are only utilized 4% of the time. In both cases, the largest contributing factor is a lack of information. People in the area were not aware of the CPR event and did not know an AED was available.

The solution is crowdsourcing: using smartphone apps to connect trained bystanders with people experiencing an SCA and to provide information about nearby AEDs.  PulsePoint statistics over the last three years show that, on average, three people are notified of an SCA, and just over one nearby AED is identified.

CPR Alerts

Turn on CPR alerts, and when a person in Sudden Cardiac Arrest is reported in a public location, the PulsePoint App polls nearby users to identify those within 1/4 mile of the medical incident. If you're one of those people, a special alert tone will sound, and a map will appear showing your location, the victim's location, and the closest AED.

Abbreviated instructions for performing Hands-Only CPR are also available in the app.

The PulsePoint app runs in the background and works in any community that uses PulsePoint, whether you follow that agency or not. 

For best results, enable GPS and wi-fi. On the iPhone app, also turn on PulsePoint notifications in the app settings screen.

Extra Features

Check out the following extra features that come along with the app.

Alerts for Other Calls

Want to be notified if the Fire Department respond to a structure fire or car accident? The PulsePoint app allows you to customize which call types you would like to be notified of.  

NOTE: Due to current limitations with procedures in place between the Red River Regional Dispatch Center and local fire departments in Cass and Clay Counties, we cannot differentiate between basic structure fire calls (fire alarms, no sign of fire) and Confirmed/Working Structure Fires (flames or smoke reported), all fire type calls are currently reported as a Structure Fire in the app.

Live Call Information

Check out what incidents we are responding to right now. 

Live Dispatch Audio

Listen to live dispatch audio as it happens. For calls we respond to in other jurisdictions, larger incidents and in certain areas where portable radio coverage is difficult, we will switch to other radio frequencies that this app does not monitor. You can also follow our live audio on Broadcastify.

Recent Call History

Check out the incident we have responded to over the past 24 hours.

More Information

More information is available from the PulsePoint Foundation.