Jersey City, NJ deployed United Rescue a pre-ambulance citizen emergency response service

Jersey City, NJ deployed United Rescue response service

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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.

Citizen Services Healthcare Emergency Preparedness

Jersey City, NJ

Municipality in New Jersey

United States

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United Rescue Jersey City - Serve Jersey City

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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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