{"id":5644,"date":"2018-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herheart.org\/2018\/03\/31\/the-app-that-connects-heart-attack-victims-with-trained-first-aiders\/"},"modified":"2018-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T13:00:00","slug":"the-app-that-connects-heart-attack-victims-with-trained-first-aiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/the-app-that-connects-heart-attack-victims-with-trained-first-aiders\/","title":{"rendered":"The app that connects heart attack victims with trained first-aiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_2FyET\" data-reactid=\"386\"><em>By\u00a0Aisha Dow<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21635\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21635\" class=\" wp-image-21635\" src=\"https:\/\/herheart.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/TheAge-Eddie-Jim-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even when she is not working as a paramedic, Lauren Przedworski is ready to assist someone having a cardiac arrest.\u00a0Photo: Eddie Jim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wearing multicoloured pyjamas, Lauren Przedworski weaved through crowds as she sprinted down Little Lonsdale Street.<\/p>\n<p>She had barely managed to pull her shoes on as she slammed her apartment door behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Then she was off, skirting through city streets on a cool February night, making a beeline for someone in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Przedworski, an off-duty paramedic, had been alerted to a potential medical emergency via an app called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodsamapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactid=\"423\">GoodSAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/197525859?color=ffffff&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>More than 700 Ambulance Victoria staff have been involved in the app&#8217;s trial since the start of the year. These trained first-aiders are connected via the app with people whose hearts have stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just sitting on the couch relaxing, watching Netflix, and the alert went off,\u201d Ms Przedworski said. \u201cIt\u2019s quite a loud whooping noise, like an alarm you\u2019d expect in a fire station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re asked if you\u2019re able to attend, and of course I said &#8216;yes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I knew it, I was running down Little Lonsdale Street in my pyjamas. There were people looking at me, but the good thing is Melbourne is quite multicultural and colourful, so you blend in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The job that roused Ms Przedworski from her couch ended up being downgraded just as she arrived on the scene. But at least one recent case involving the app has resulted in life-saving assistance.<\/p>\n<p>An off-duty paramedic was at home earlier this year when he received an alert on his phone. His neighbour had collapsed after having a cardiac arrest and was not breathing.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer&#8217;s actions have been credited with helping to save the neighbour\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have emphasised that the app is not a replacement for emergency services. Instead, it is aimed at getting help to the scene in those crucial moments before the ambulance arrives. The information on the app comes from the triple-zero operator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an emergency, minutes matter,\u201d said Ambulance Victoria\u2019s GoodSAM project manager Mike Ray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery minute that CPR and defibrillation are delayed, the chances of survival decreases by up to 10 per cent. And if someone has been defibrillated before emergency services get there, they have a 62 per cent increased chance of survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The app is set to be officially rolled out later this year, when it will be expanded to other responders, such as doctors, nurses, firefighters, police, medical students and other trained first aiders.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulance Victoria chief executive Tony Walker said the closest available ambulance will be simultaneously sent to these patients. In some parts of the state, the fire brigade will also attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis app has been operating in London for more than a year and is being taken up by other ambulance services in the UK and internationally,\u201d Mr Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to connecting cardiac arrest patients with trusted responders, the app also connects people with a nearby defibrillator, which delivers an electrical shock to the heart if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulance Victoria is encouraging anyone who owns or oversees a defibrillator to ensure it is registered with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 4000 defibrillators registered across the state, but we think that\u2019s about one in five of the ones that are out there,\u201d said Mr Ray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s potentially up to 15,000 others that we just don\u2019t know about, and they are all over the place.&#8221;\u00a0Mr Ray said defibrillators could be used by anyone, as the machines could guide operators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you see someone who has collapsed, and is not breathing normally, or not breathing at all, we really encourage anyone to grab it off the wall and turn it on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her demanding day job, Ms Przedworski said it was an easy choice to become a GoodSAM responder.\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t place a value on life. It\u2019s intangible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what time of the day it is to me, or what I have been doing. It is a 24\/7 thing being a human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People can register defibrillators or their interest in becoming a responder on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambulance.vic.gov.au\/community-education\/community\/register-my-aed\/GoodSAM-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambulance Victoria website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>If you are a trained first-aider and would like to become a Responder, or if you own an automated external defibrillator\u00a0(AED) and would like to register it to the GoodSAM app, you may go to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambulance.vic.gov.au\/community-education\/community\/register-my-aed\/GoodSAM-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Ambulance Victoria website<\/span><\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/the-app-that-connects-heart-attack-victims-with-trained-first-aiders-20180329-p4z6vs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Age<\/a> on March 30, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Aisha Dow)<br \/>\nWearing multicoloured pyjamas, Lauren Przedworski weaved through crowds as she sprinted down Little Lonsdale Street.<br \/>\nShe had barely managed to pull her shoes on as she slammed her apartment door behind her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-prevention","pmpro-has-access","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The app that connects heart attack victims with trained first-aiders | Her Heart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/the-app-that-connects-heart-attack-victims-with-trained-first-aiders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The app that connects heart attack victims with trained first-aiders | Her Heart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(By Aisha Dow) Wearing multicoloured pyjamas, Lauren Przedworski weaved through crowds as she sprinted down Little Lonsdale Street. 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