Running to Save Lives: Inside Sweden’s Heartrunner Program

07/02/2025 29 min Temporada 1 Episodio 20
Running to Save Lives: Inside Sweden’s Heartrunner Program

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In this episode, Dr. David Fredman, an expert in resuscitation systems, shares the remarkable impact of Sweden’s Heartrunner Program—a life-saving network that alerts CPR-trained volunteers via a smartphone app when someone nearby suffers cardiac arrest. With public AED use increasing survival rates to 70%, could this be the future of emergency response worldwide?  Joining him is Anna, a volunteer first responder, who has experienced firsthand the urgency of these calls. Did she make it in time? Tune in to hear her story! 

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