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Will you answer the CPR call?

New smartphone app activates citizen rescuers in a cardiac crisis

  • Published: 2/5/2013 3:01:42 PM
Photo By: Jonathan House/Pamplin Media GroupNew CPR app
Back in January, Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Chief Mike Duyck demonstrated the district’s new PulsePoint app for smartphones that alerts bystanders when someone nearby needs CPR.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue wants to know if you are willing to help save a life.Specifically, if you are willing to serve as a potential citizen rescuer on standby — ready to jump into action and perform CPR in the event someone nearby goes into sudden cardiac arrest in a public place.



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