DENVER (KDVR) — Tuesday, the Board of County Commissioners in Weld County announced the county will expand its emergency response by launching a free smartphone app, PulsePoint Respond.
PulsePoint Respond is an app that is designed to alert the public, as well as registered and professional CPR-trained responders, of individuals in nearby public spaces experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, allowing them to provide assistance until first responders arrive.
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“In some of our more rural areas it could be a longer wait time for response just because of distance, but if a CPR-trained professional responder is nearby, perhaps they live nearby, they can get there much more quickly and begin providing help,” said Perry Buck, Weld County commission chair.
As of July 1, 2024, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the population of Weld County was 369,745, also has around 4,000 square miles of land area…