United Rescue Jersey City Nj

Training kicks off the week of september 9th at the englewood health ems training center.

North jersey map with towns. Jersey city medical center ems launched this program in late 2015 and we already have 50. First test of jersey citys united rescue program is a success updated jan 17 2019. The first us city to deploy united rescue.

United rescue partners with the jersey city medical center and the city government to train volunteers as emergency responders. United rescue is coming to englewood nj this fall. We provide the technology help source the capital and support volunteer recruitment and training efforts.

1124 likes 1 talking about this 5 were here. United rescue jersey city new jersey. Brian platt is the city managerbusiness administrator for jersey city nj.

He was previously the chief innovation officer for jersey city nj and helped create the jersey city office of innovation in 2015 thanks to a grant from bloomberg philanthropies. The program is modeled after and built in collaboration with the highly successful united hatzalah of israel. If a 911 call comes in from a high rise building for a heart attack victim on the 10th floor why should we not try to bridge the response time to provide help if we know there is someone who can help on the 5th floor.

Were a non profit volunteer pre ambulance emergency care service enabled by gps technology. United rescue volunteers will be trained certified equipped to save lives of neighbors coworkers family and friends in the event of a medical emergency all at no cost to the volunteer. United rescue jersey city is a new exciting volunteer opportunity for residents who either live or work in jersey city.

Jersey city medical center ems has partnered with united rescue to train equip and pilot this new program here in the united states. United rescue provides volunteers with medical equipment and a gps based app to pinpoint. The position is similar to the role of chief operating officer but for a city government.

Contact us to inquire about bringing united rescue to your city. United rescue jersey city is an initiative designed and administered by jersey city medical center ems to enable citizens throughout jersey city to help their neighbors before an ambulance arrives. The program is administered by the local emergency authorities in each city.