Abstract: A community based response system for providing lay responders to cardiac arrest emergencies is configured to receive a notification of a cardiac arrest emergency including a location of a cardiac arrest victim, provide an automatic alert to portable devices in a vicinity of the victim, the automatic alert including a selectable control that enables user interoperation with the system, receive an indication from a lay responder, via a respective portable device, that the lay responder will proceed to the location of the victim, and in response to the indication that the lay responder will proceed to the location of the victim, provide at a display screen of the portable device associated with the lay responder a map including the victim's location relative to the lay responder, and a navigational route to guide the lay responder to the victim, and a dispatch text message notification.

Abstract: An example of a medical equipment and responder management system is configured to register potential responders to an emergency event, receive event information including an event location and an event type, provide an automatic notification that includes the event information and mapping information to first and second mobile computing devices associated with first responder and second responders selected from the potential responders, receive a confirmation that the first responder will bring a first item of registered medical equipment to the event, and provide an indication to the second mobile device that the second responder should proceed to the event without the first item of equipment, where the mapping information indicates a location of the first item of equipment located near a first mobile device current location and the current locations of the first and second mobile devices relative to the locations of the event and the first item of equipment.

Abstract: A chest compression monitor for measuring the depth of chest compressions achieved during CPR. A displacement detector produces a displacement signal indicative of the displacement of the CPR recipient's chest toward the recipient's spine. A signaling mechanism provides chest compression indication signals prompting a CPR provider to provide a chest compression force at a desired depth and rate. The device is held to the dorsal surface of the hand during use and provides a display for feedback, which is readily visible to the CPR provider.

Abstract: An example of a medical equipment and responder management system is configured to register potential responders to an emergency event, receive event information including an event location and an event type, provide an automatic notification that includes the event information and mapping information to first and second mobile computing devices associated with first responder and second responders selected from the potential responders, receive a confirmation that the first responder will bring a first item of registered medical equipment to the event, and provide an indication to the second mobile device that the second responder should proceed to the event without the first item of equipment, where the mapping information indicates a location of the first item of equipment located near a first mobile device current location and the current locations of the first and second mobile devices relative to the locations of the event and the first item of equipment.

Abstract: An example of a medical equipment management system includes a notification system, separate from a dispatch center, that is configured to post a Internet accessible application, receive responder enrollment information prior to an emergency event from a user interface of the application, associate the responder with an account for sending information to a mobile device, receive, from the dispatch center, an emergency location, receive, a current location from the mobile device, receive equipment locations for registered medical equipment, and based on the emergency location, the equipment locations, and the current mobile device location, provide to the mobile computing device, an automatic notification that includes the emergency event information and mapping information that indicates a location of registered medical equipment that is located near the current mobile device location, and the current mobile device location relative to the emergency location and relative to the registered medical equipment lo

Abstract: An example of a medical equipment management system includes a notification system, separate from a dispatch center, that is configured to post a Internet accessible application, receive responder enrollment information prior to an emergency event from a user interface of the application, associate the responder with an account for sending information to a mobile device, receive, from the dispatch center, an emergency location, receive, a current location from the mobile device, receive equipment locations for registered medical equipment, and based on the emergency location, the equipment locations, and the current mobile device location, provide to the mobile computing device, an automatic notification that includes the emergency event information and mapping information that indicates a location of registered medical equipment that is located near the current mobile device location, and the current mobile device location relative to the emergency location and relative to the registered medical equipment lo

Abstract: A chest compression monitor for measuring the depth of chest compressions achieved during CPR. A displacement detector produces a displacement signal indicative of the displacement of the CPR recipient's chest toward the recipient's spine. A signaling mechanism provides chest compression indication signals prompting a CPR provider to provide a chest compression force at a desired depth and rate. The device is held to the dorsal surface of the hand during use and provides a display for feedback, which is readily visible to the CPR provider.

Abstract: A chest compression monitor for measuring the depth of chest compressions achieved during CPR. A displacement detector produces a displacement signal indicative of the displacement of the CPR recipient's chest toward the recipient's spine. A signaling mechanism provides chest compression indication signals prompting a CPR provider to provide a chest compression force at a desired depth and rate. The device is held to the dorsal surface of the hand during use and provides a display for feedback, which is readily visible to the CPR provider.