| You are out for your daily run—suddenly that | | | | entirely depends on you. If you think you are |
| pain in your chest that you have been ignoring all | | | | ready for a medical emergency I can confidently |
| week intensifies. You fall to your knees writhing in | | | | tell you most if not all of you are not. Out of |
| pain. As you are rolling around on the sidewalk | | | | 20,000 patients I have seen in 20 years, no one |
| your life begins to play out the last 45 | | | | had on hand, the information we needed to give |
| years—pictures cycling though your mind like | | | | them the best chance of survival. Again, that |
| those home slideshows you and your family | | | | would be zero percent. |
| would watch together. What now? Are you | | | | How do we fix the problem? The good news is |
| prepared for your own personal medical disaster? | | | | that it can be fixed and I believe the solution is |
| What will paramedics know about you when they | | | | EmergiLink. I left the fire department to establish |
| arrive to try and save your life? | | | | the company and save lives on a global level. |
| As a firefighter/paramedic for 20 years in | | | | EmergiLink is a company I started nearly 6 years |
| Southern California, I have seen my share of | | | | ago to connect citizens with their emergency |
| cardiac deaths. Most of them were unconscious | | | | medical service providers ahead of time. Today |
| or non-verbal upon my arrival—none of them | | | | with EmergiLink, 1st Responders can respond to a |
| had a complete medical history available for me | | | | man down on the sidewalk and achieve the |
| to do my best work. That would be zero percent. | | | | following just be scanning one of their index |
| One victim, who we found pulse-less and | | | | fingers; identify the member with their photo, |
| non-breathing, had no identification and only a | | | | display their name, address, emergency contact |
| garage door opener in his hand. Our police drove | | | | information, medications, allergies, recent |
| through his neighborhood clicking the opener to | | | | hospitalizations, medical implants, private doctor |
| see if any garage doors would open. This was all | | | | and even their medical insurance information. With |
| we had to try and discover who he was, where | | | | our mobile messaging technology, paramedics can |
| he lived, who his family was and what his medical | | | | send a brief message to the members’ |
| history was. | | | | emergency contacts and it will search various |
| We have incredible advancements in cardiac | | | | registered devices, in real time, until there is an |
| monitoring equipment, new life saving drugs and | | | | acknowledgement. |
| state-of-the art on board computers. We still | | | | Signup for the program can be done on your |
| don’t have INFORMATION and are forced to | | | | home computer. Fingerprints are added later with |
| spend time on the scene of a medical emergency | | | | the assistance from your local fire department. |
| attempting to gather it. The more information we | | | | The cost is per household and less than what you |
| have—the higher the chance our victim has to | | | | would pay for two cups of Starbucks coffee per |
| survive the personal tragedy. Considering 47% of | | | | month. 50% of the subscriber fees actually go |
| all cardiac cases die before reaching the hospital, | | | | back into the hosting fire department provider to |
| this should be in the forefront of everyone’s | | | | insure stations remain open, personnel stay |
| mind. Give us the all tools we need to save your | | | | employed and equipment gets updated. |
| life! | | | | I am on a global mission to save lives and I know |
| According to the Center for Disease Control | | | | how to do it. Working as a firefighter/paramedic |
| (CDC), 29% of all U.S. deaths are cardiac related. | | | | all these years helps me know what is needed to |
| Roughly 700,000 die from cardiac | | | | make a dramatic and positive change in the |
| disease—47% before they even reach the | | | | delivery of emergency medical care. EmergiLink |
| hospital. The health related costs associated with | | | | will also save members potentially thousands of |
| heart disease is over 260 billon dollars. | | | | dollars of unnecessary diagnostic tests—making |
| These alarming statistics can change but that | | | | a large dent in healthcare wasted spending. |