Community-Based Response System
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for communicating information to medical responders, the method comprising:
- registering a plurality of individuals as potential responders for medical problems;
receiving at a central service an indication that a person is having a medical problem and receiving information that identifies a current location of the person;
identifying, from among the registered plurality of individuals, one or more registered individuals who are currently in close proximity to the person having a medical problem; and
transmitting, to the one or more registered individuals, information that identifies the location of the person having a medical problem,wherein the one or more individuals comprise lay responders who are not assigned responsibility to provide lifesaving services in an area around the current location of the person.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for communicating information to medical responders includes registering a plurality of individuals as potential responders for medical problems, receiving at a central service an indication that a person is having a medical problem and receiving information that identifies a current location of the person, and identifying, from among the registered plurality of individuals, one or more registered individuals who are currently in close proximity to the person having a medical problem. The method also includes transmitting, to the one or more registered individuals, information that identifies the location of the person having a medical problem. The one or more individuals comprise lay responders who are not assigned responsibility to provide lifesaving services in an area around the current location of the person.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for communicating information to medical responders, the method comprising:
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registering a plurality of individuals as potential responders for medical problems; receiving at a central service an indication that a person is having a medical problem and receiving information that identifies a current location of the person; identifying, from among the registered plurality of individuals, one or more registered individuals who are currently in close proximity to the person having a medical problem; and transmitting, to the one or more registered individuals, information that identifies the location of the person having a medical problem, wherein the one or more individuals comprise lay responders who are not assigned responsibility to provide lifesaving services in an area around the current location of the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implementation system for coordinating actions by responders to an emergency event, the system comprising:
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a dispatch server arranged to receive notifications of emergency events from reporting callers and to provide for dispatch of professional responders; a notification system to identify lay responders who are in a vicinity of reported emergency events and notify the lay responders about reported emergency events in their area, wherein the lay responders are not assigned responsibility by a lifesaving organization to serve emergency events in their area; and a inter-respondent communication system programmed to make automatic electronic voice connections between professional responders for an emergency event and lay responders who have identified themselves as available in response to a notification from the notification system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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