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Thursday, January 28, 2010

iPhone AED Locator May Help Save Lives in a Hurry

Filed under: Net News


First Aid Corps, an organization working on helping the public respond to sudden cardiac arrests, has unveiled an iPhone app that can pinpoint the location of the closest automatic external defibrillator (AED) within seconds.

Currently the database is just beginning to fill up but First Aid Corps has partnered with The Extraordinaries, a volunteer organization, to have people locate and photograph AED's in their community.

The app is free and you can download it and get started mapping AED's and maybe help save someone's life.

Here's a promo video for the project:

Demo of the AED Nearby app:

AED Nearby iTunes link...

Flashbacks: AED Location Database Points to Nearest Life Saving Device; Do You Know Where Your AED Is At?

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When will this be made available for non- Iphone users?


Posted by:
on January 31, 2010 07:50 AM GMT

Launched october 13th, 2009 at REshape (www.reshape2009.com) Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in The Netherlands started www.AED4.EU.
An overview video is available at http://www.vimeo.com/8616850

A iphone application will be available in iTunes store soon, a application for the Android is available in the marketplace already.(http://nl.androlib.com/android.application.nl-max-android-aed4eu-pAqE.aspx)

More information in this (google translated) page : http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=nl&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acutezorg.nl%2Facutezorg%2Fbericht%2F20090621_alle_aeds_in_nederland_in_kaart&langpair=nl|en

Also as of february 2010 all TomTom navigation-devices will be equipped with these data, out of factory and in updates as part of the TomTom Safety program.

Site started in the Netherlands, but will now be enrolled in to countries in Europe (http://www.aed4.eu)and also the US (http://www.aed4.us)very soon. Other continents will follow also.

Lucien Engelen (@zorg20)



Posted by: lucien engelen
on February 1, 2010 02:13 AM GMT

Thanks for the post, we really appreciate your help in spreading the word!

Kim
The Extraordinaries
www.BeExtra.org


Posted by: Kim
on February 2, 2010 09:26 AM GMT

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