1. LifePad
A Life Safety Phone

2. A LifePad phone

3. Life Safety in high rise facilities
Early intervention effectively does not exist in high rises
As city traffic has grown, so too has the response time required for ambulance and fire vehicles – and high rises take ~2.7 min more
Patient access now estimated at minutes from the “event”
As with fire, cardiac and related emergencies must be addressed in the earliest minutes or may not be retrievable
Passive, standalone deployment of AEDs etc. has been a failure in large facilities, communications support is required

4. Leveraging the scale of high rises
Large facilities present challenges for EMS vehicular access, yet many advantages for onsite responses
Patient access can be as short as 2-3 minutes from event onset
Responses by EMRs with pass keys and volunteers
Elevators speed access to patients and equipment
One EMR (responder) can protect adjacent buildings as well
EMS arrival consolidates rescues with aftercare, patient transport
Pressure relieved on EMS/9-1-1 dispatch and overcommitted vehicles
Qualifies “emergencies” vs less urgent calls for PSAPs

5. A direct Rescue STRATEGY
The Lend-to-End Protocol offers the shortest route possible, with obvious benefits
A victim or witness senses a medical emergency, and presses the cellphone icon
A LifePad at Security receives a loud text alert, including suite number.
Responder enters the “key control” room, for a medical bag with an AED, Naloxone, oxygen, bandages etc and takes the elevator
Opens the suite door within 2-3 minutes and assesses the emergency, updates EMS
This direct “cut to the chase” solution is likely to become the standard for security in the Green Buildings movement.
Heart safety is the root of life safety that cellular enables.

6. Centralizing onsite communications
The LifePad is the first life safety phone, and introduces fixed cellular as a new form factor – allowing victims to text a device or place instead of a person
The device is deployed as a front desk or security station phone
A Lifepad is a Blackberry Passport “phablet” affixed over a 110V outlet, supported by a cloud network (Blackberry Enterprise Server 12)
Network connection is to a cellular voice account, with its own phone number
Integrated with cloud-based telephony and database repositories
Configurable for EMS, e9-1-1 local infrastructure and procedures
A partner for AEDs that anchors their efficient and reliable deployment

7. Making RESCUES ROUTINE NOT RARE
Because a LifePad can receive texts (and to date EMS Dispatch cannot) a victim can summon help with a single icon press on their own.
The text will include the exact address of the victim, not just GPS coordinates – the LifePad’s primary purpose is to protect residents and workers
Pre-composed texts may contain volunteered medical and risk disclosure for that person to inform the responder of underlying conditions
Unwitnessed cardiac, overdose, bleeding, breathing, allergic, shock etc. events leave the patient themselves a chance to signal security if they are conscious
Severe organ damage such as TBI and paralysis mitigated with short response times

8. Opportunity for MeDICAL SURVEILLANCE
Unprecedented opportunities for Surveillance and data related to early intervention,stroke intervention, drug trials, efficacy and outcomes
Studies of best practices around survival – not morbidity.
Less reliance on AED registries or public access defibrillation stations if a facility has LifePad signaling
BCLS training can be centered on security personnel, improving their skills and wages
Late-career EMS paramedics can continue by mentoring students, and impart an understanding of local EMS infrastructure, policies, protocols and patient realities
Documented safety improvements will justify a transition away from over-reliance on expensive vehicle rolls for unwarranted calls – saving municipalities millions