Text Messages Are Saving Swedes From Cardiac Arrest

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Sweden has discovered a much quicker way to heal persons experiencing cardiac crises through a text note and a couple of thousand volunteers.

A program called SMS livräddare —or SMSLifesaver — solicits people who  have been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). When a Stockholm inhabitant dials 112 for emergency services, a text note is dispatched to all volunteers within 500 meters of the person in need. The volunteer then reaches at the position within the vital first minutes to perform lifesaving CPR..

The odds for enduring cardiac arrest fall 10% for every minute it takes first