National / Science & Health | A MATTER OF HEALTH Sep 13, 2017

Saving heart attack victims? Now there's an app for that

by Tomoko Otake

Suppose you are at a station and happen to see someone passing out after a heart attack. A crowd of worried onlookers gathers. Somebody shouts, "Call an ambulance!" What should you do next? Tokyo-based social venture Coaido is launching an iPhone app that helps bystanders assist ...

National Aug 25, 2014

Programs underway to increase use of AEDs in Japan

by Koichi Tsujimura

Programs are underway throughout the country to train ordinary people to use automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to help heart attack victims. A smartphone app that informs people who know CPR if someone nearby has gone into cardiac arrest was tested in Tokyo's Ueno Park ...