Jersey City, NJ deployed United Rescue a pre-ambulance citizen emergency response service
Jersey City, NJ deployed United Rescue response service
The city has deployed, United Rescue, a revolutionary system that pairs up volunteers with medics using an Uber-style app. After a medical-emergency call to the 911 center, the app locates and dispatches the nearest available volunteer with an average reponse time of 2.5 minutes.
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Jersey City has the solution to New York's EMT crisis
We have one of the most densely populated cities in the country with similar challenges to NYC — high-rises, traffic congestion and mass transit. What we did in Jersey City can be done in New York.
In Jersey City, United Rescue Serves as a Model for Urban Emergency Responses.
In Jersey City, a pre-ambulance group serves as a model for urban emergency responses.
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