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In the event of out-of-hospital cardiac-respiratory arrest (ACR), the "gold standard", defined by international guidelines, is defibrillation within 3-5 minutes of the onset of the arrest, to achieve a survival of up to 50-70%. Early defibrillation (DP) can be obtained by rescuers (First Responders) through the use of defibrillators (AED - Automatic External Defibrillator) available to the public or present on site. The guidelines also recommend the use of innovative technologies to aid the rapid deployment of responders to victims of out-of-hospital cardiac-respiratory arrest (CHR).
The main objective of this project is to use the technologies available today to immediately and automatically alert lay personnel trained in the use of AEDs, at the same time as the emergency vehicles are activated by the 118 Operations Centre, reducing thus the application time of defibrillation of ACR victims.
The app, developed by the 118 System of the Emilia Romagna Region within the scope of the provisions of the Decree of the Ministry of Health of 18 March 2011, was therefore designed and created in order to promote and make more efficient the use of the AEDs present on the territory by authorized lay people (Firts responders - BLSD).
The app is fully integrated with the 118 OPERATION CENTERS of the Emilia Romagna Region and allows you to alert registered people, who are in the vicinity of a Cardiac Arrest (ACR) event, at the same time as the 118 Operations Center records it. Whoever receives the alert can then make themselves available to intervene. The app shows on the map the AEDs registered and available, depending on the time of consultation, and the location of the event on which to intervene.
The app also provides, from a collaborative perspective, the possibility of participating in the system's census of AEDs present in the area with the functions: "report a new AED" and "report a problem".
For each AED, in addition to the location, it is possible to define the availability (days, times) to make its location more effective in case of emergency, and also manage information relating to maintenance deadlines, with the future objective of making it increasingly effective monitoring the presence of AEDs in the area.
Finally, the app presents a documentary section which contains links of interest, FAQs, procedures, etc.