Why Should I Download the PulsePoint App?
PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED are apps for your smartphone that can alert you when someone near you needs CPR or an AED. Downloading PulsePoint can enable you to take action and save a life.
Have Questions?
If you have question related to AHA training, or course offerings, please contact us via email or call: (518) 371-3880.
Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should! Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed.
Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and they can happen to anyone at any time.
* Cardiac arrest statistics sourced from American Heart Association.
PulsePoint CPR/AED smartphone application to help improve sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rates. The PulsePoint app helps improve community response to SCA victims by enabling citizen bystanders to provide lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and access a nearby public access automated external defibrillator (AED).
The Pulse Point app was sponsored by Ellis Medicine and was collaboratively implemented by Saratoga County and Clifton Park Halfmoon Emergency Corps.
SCA is a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for an estimated 325,000 deaths each year or 1,000 deaths per day. The American Heart Association estimates that effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival. However, only about one quarter of SCA victims receive bystander CPR and even fewer receive a potentially lifesaving therapeutic shock from a public access AED. Improving bystander CPR rates and access to AEDs is critical to survival.
If you know CPR, you can be a life saver. The first step is to download the app!
How to sign up for PulsePoint
Sources: Medic One Foundation and PulsePoint
PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED are apps for your smartphone that can alert you when someone near you needs CPR or an AED. Downloading PulsePoint can enable you to take action and save a life.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is an abrupt loss of cardiac function. SCA occurs when the heart's electrical system stops working properly. It can occur with little or no warning, and is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
Getting certified in CPR can help you be prepared in the event someone goes into Sudden Cardiac Arrest. You can also download the PulsePoint app on your smartphone, which will send you a notification if someone in your area needs CPR or an AED.
Yes! If you do not have CPR training, you can still help someone in SCA by getting an AED. The PulsePoint AED app will send you a notification is someone near you needs an AED, and will guide you to the closest available defibrillator. You can also register to take a class with us and become CPR certified!
You can sign up to take a class in our AHA Training Center by selecting the class date you would like and completing the online registration. You can also pay the course fee online! If you have any questions about AHA training, you can contact us by email or at (518) 371-3880.