The new mobile application, which will be responsible for heart security, is going to be presented in Dubai.
Dubai, UAE. The Dubai Health Committee and Philips have signed agreements to create a new mobile application that will make Dubai a “heart-safe” city. It is about the prevention and reduction of mortality from heart attacks. Currently, this application is already operational in cities such as Copenhagen and Seattle, where the survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest is 65%.
Sudden cardiac arrest is a sudden, sudden cessation of heart function, respiratory arrest and loss of consciousness. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs, as a rule, due to a violation of the electrical impulse through the heart, causing a violation of the pumping function of the heart, and the cessation of blood supply to the rest of the body.
Sudden cardiac arrest should be different from myocardial infarction caused by blocking the blood supply to part of the heart. However, myocardial infarction in some cases can provoke a violation of the electrical impulse through the heart, which leads to sudden cardiac arrest.
Without emergency treatment, this condition can lead to sudden cardiac death. Immediate, proper medical attention increases your chances of survival. The likelihood of survival before the emergency team arrives is increased with cardiopulmonary resuscitation measures or even with simple pressure on the chest.
Currently, the percentage of survivors with sudden cardiac arrest is on average 5 to 10% worldwide, but Dubai's goal is to become the safest city in the world by this indicator and increase its survival rate to at least 60%.
According to the World Health Organization, more and more people die from cardiovascular diseases every year. If in 2004 the death rate was 17.4 million people, then by 2030, according to forecasts, it will grow to 23.6 million people. The new application will be available to the general public.
According to Philips CEO Arzhen Radder, the company currently plans to train more than 100,000 people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Later, a unified system will be created in which the police, ambulance service and trained personnel will participate. In addition, 10,000 defibrillators will be placed in public places throughout Dubai, which will be monitored by the police and doctors. As soon as the removal of the defibrillator is recorded, a resuscitation team will be sent to the scene, and the nearest hospital will receive a signal that the patient has arrived in an emergency.
