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New GoodSAM App Empowers Volunteers to Save Lives

7/15/2025

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In a groundbreaking move to save lives, South Central Ambulance Service and Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have unveiled the GoodSAM Responder app. This innovative tool alerts trained volunteers within 500 meters of a cardiac arrest, enabling them to administer CPR before paramedics arrive. Funded by the South Central Ambulance Charity, this initiative promises to boost survival rates across the Isle of Wight.

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In a groundbreaking move to save lives, South Central Ambulance Service and Isle of Wight Ambulance Service have unveiled the GoodSAM Responder app. This innovative tool alerts trained volunteers within 500 meters of a cardiac arrest, enabling them to administer CPR before paramedics arrive. Funded by the South Central Ambulance Charity, this initiative promises to boost survival rates across the Isle of Wight.