An iOS location-based emergency notification application Michel Schevernels Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Erik Duval Advisor: Gonzalo Parra

Context  Sudden cardiac arrest  Not the same as heart attack  Electrical vs Circulation problem  First 5 minutes crucial -> brain damage  Ambulances take up to 9 minutes to arrive  This in Germany

Goal  Reduce deaths Can we use current technology for reducing the response time?  Introduce VNS  Lay-men will be notified in a cardiac arrest situation  iOS application  Why a VNS?  A study showed that an increase of 80% in the number of ambulances only reduces the response time by a minute!  Who is a volunteer?  Everyone who has a certificate of taking part in a CPR course.

Topical Issue – Article 17/10/2013

Literature  Not much out there  Studied other projects  Very topical issue  Legal aspects

PulsePoint  Made in the USA  Smartphones (Android and iOS)  Only for public places  Each community has to implement an interface to communicate with their API  App is free to download, but the community has to pay an annual fee.  Volunteers don’t have to be trained  Offer: Notifications and AED locations

Hartveilig wonen  Build in the Netherlands  Texting service  When notified, get a location of the victim and an AED.  Volunteers are notified based on their profile settings  Everyone can join, even those without training, but you have to take a course.  Offer: notification system, courses, counseling and have a insurance policy

HartslagNu  Build in the Netherlands  Texting service  In a SCA event 30 volunteers notified, 1/3 sent to victim, 2/3 first to an AED  Distance volunteers victim 1000m, volunteer AED 500m  Only volunteers with certificate can join  Offers only notification system

The EMuRgency Project (Germany)  Build by a team of the Aachen University  Smartphone (Android)  Everyone can join in, even those not trained  Volunteers are notified based on pushed GPS locations  Distance volunteers victim 1000m  Don’t use AEDs  Offer: Only notification system

SMSlivräddare (SMSlifesavers)  Recent project from Sweden  Only in Stockholm County  Texting service  Volunteers have to be trained  Not finished

Legal Aspects  Not legal as it stands  Volunteers will have to have a certificate  Volunteers are obliged to go help  Are allowed to travel by car  Data about a case and the participating volunteers should be stored for 30 years

My work  Analysing other projects and legal aspects  Requirements  Paper prototype + evaluation  Digital prototype

Requirements  iOS application  Notification system  guide volunteers to the victim  AED locations  List of courses or info sessions in the vicitiny  Information

Paper prototype

Evaluation prototype  Focus on usability not visually appealing  7 people ages 23 – 55, no computer scientists!  Down side not much feedback in terms of design  Using System Usability Scale  Feedback overall positive

Digital prototype  Implementing in iOS (iOS7)  Sat down with a Graphical Designer  He introduced an alternative home view.  If there is time left, I will do an analysis which is better.  Almost finished  Demo at the end.

Difficulties  Push notification  Program in the background  Deciding who gets a notification  Legal issues (Volunteers can’t accept a case, store the information,…)

Planning  December (31st)  Finishing digital prototype  Look up requirements push server  January (8 th ):  Evaluation digital prototype  January  Studying  February  Start programming  March  Finish programming

Planning  April  Evaluate program  Writing thesis  May  If there is time, make GUI look nice  Writing thesis  May (23th)  Hand in thesis text  June  Defense

Hoped score  14/20

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Demo

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