The document discusses the EMuRgency project, which aims to increase cardiac arrest survival rates in Europe through socio-technical innovation. Approximately 350,000-700,000 people experience cardiac arrest in Europe each year, but survival rates could be doubled if immediate help from laymen was available and professional help arrived sooner. The project is developing apps to train laypeople in CPR, attention-aware displays to guide rescuers, and a volunteer notification system to dispatch help more quickly. The overall goal is to save lives through technology that facilitates early intervention for cardiac emergencies.

1. Socio-­‐technical
innova.on
to
save
lives
Dr.
Marco
Kalz
Open
University
of
the
Netherlands
marco.kalz@ou.nl

2. Why
EMuRgency?
• Approx.
350
000
-­‐
700
000
people
have
each
year
a
cardiac
arrest
in
Europe
• Appr.
50
reanimaJons/week
by
emergency
services
in
our
region
– 8
–
10
people
survive
– The
survival
rate
could
be
doubled
if
• Immediate
help
by
laymen
would
be
in
place
• Professional
help
would
earlier
be
in
place

3. 3

4. Why
EMuRgency?

5. Why
EMuRgency?
• New
guidelines
by
the
European
ResuscitaJon
Council….
– faster
chest
compressions
(>100/min)
– deeper
cardiac
massage
(>
5
cm
deep)
– hands-­‐only
CPR
allowed
for
untrained
laymen

6. Guiding
framework
Kalz
et
al.,
2013

7. Kalz
et
al.,
2013
7

8. Display
network
8

9. A1en2on-­‐aware
displays
Börner,
Kalz,
&
Specht,
submiSed
9

10. MirrorViz
10
Gonzalo
Parra@KU
Leuven

11. Apps
for
CPR
training
and
support
Kalz
et
al.,
submiSed
11

12. Apps
for
CPR
training
and
support
Kalz
et
al.,
submiSed
12

13. EMuRgency
mobile
learning
app
13

14. HeartRun
Schmitz
et
al,
2013
14

15. Volunteer
Notification System

16. VNS: Mobile Client

17. 17

18. Ac2vity
stream
18

19. THANK
YOU
FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION
h1p://www.emurgency.eu