The chance of surviving a heart attack drops by 10% every minute CPR or a defibrillator is not applied. Permanent brain damage occurs within 5 minutes. Providing early basic life support is key to not only surviving but allowing the patient to maintain a high quality of life after the event.
The Hong Kong ambulance response time of 12 minutes is too slow for these emergencies - with less than 1.6 out of 100 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients surviving.
First Response intervenes in these crucial minutes by connecting trained first aiders in the area to these emergencies. There are thousands of trained first aiders in the community, who are trained as part of their job, like teachers, police and fire services, as well as medical professionals.
To continue the chain of survival, First Response allows users to:
- Find over 1,200 AED locations in Hong Kong and Macau
- Directly find and contact over 2,000 medical clinics
- Get help for first aid incidents they witness
- Communicate and coordinate with responders directly
- Added tutorial
- Fixed permissions for Android 6+ devices
- Improved map stability
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