Over five days, we will be sharing the eight brilliant ideas the Appnovation EMEA team developed during our Holiday Hackathon to give you an insight into the creative and talented team and provide the opportunity to vote for your favourite submission! And if there are any clients out there who would like to see any of them brought to fruition, we are only an email away!
https://insights.appnovation.com/cast-your-vote-emea-hackathon/
Challenge
The average response time between the call and Emergency Services arriving on scene can sometimes be a matter of life or death. COVID-19 has over-stretched the NHS, including ambulance response times. Category 1 emergencies benefit from a 7-8 minute response time but Categories 2-4 (which includes heart attack, stroke, sepsis and major burns) have response times greater than 30 minutes. The UK has approximately 2.3 million trained First Aiders and Mental First Aiders who could bridge the gap between call and response for the NHS Emergency Teams. In 2018 the Red Cross identified that only 1 in 20 adults in the UK had sufficient knowledge to be able to provide aid in an emergency situation.
Solution
Fast Aid is a lightweight app that works on minimal data / band widths and without data roaming to get a first aider to an incident fast, helping to save lives. Fast Aid leverages experience within the community to provide resources on the ground to help deal with category 2,3 and 4 emergencies until the Emergency Services can arrive. Fast Aid also combines the Government leadership with Corporate and Private Sector partners to extend First Aid training and knowledge within the UK to further support the NHS. reach within a wide network of qualified First Aiders, enabling a quicker response to incidents and alleviating pressure on NHS services.