PulsePoint, app for saving lives

Bryan Magaña BS ’06, MA ’09, Marketing & Communications

Weber and Morgan counties have a new tool to save cardiac arrest patients.

Bill Robertson, associate professor of emergency healthcare, recently partnered with Ogden City Fire Department Deputy Chief Michael Slater to bring the PulsePoint mobile app to these communities.

During a cardiac arrest, the app can be used to notify emergency responders and nearby CPR-trained volunteers who can provide life-saving care until emergency responders arrive. The app also gives volunteers the location of nearby defibrillators. Robertson, along with the Dean’s Office of the Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions and others from the college, helped secure funds and training to launch the project.