In 2012, members of the Penn Social Media and Health Innovation Lab team launched the MyHeartMap Challenge, a crowdsourcing, mobile media and social media challenge that engaged the public to geo-locate Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in Philadelphia.
Using the MyHeartMap App, more than 330 teams and individuals participated in the challenge. Over eight weeks more than 1,500 AEDs were identified and the most comprehensive AED map in Philadelphia was created. The contest was just the first step in what the team hopes will grow to become a nationwide, crowd-sourced AED registry project that will put the lifesaving devices in the hands of anyone, anywhere, anytime. We will continue to accept submissions of AED devices to build a nationwide database.
To download the AED MyHeartMap app, click here.
Related links:
The Wall Street Journal: The Device That Saves Lives, But Can Be Hard to Find
Philly.com: UPenn contest winners relied on shoe leather to find defibrillators
CBS3: Health: MyHeartMap Challenge Saves Lives With Cell Phones
Philadelphia Inquirer: Project seeks to publicize life-saving defibrillators
Philadelphia Magazine: Your Mission: Find Philly's Defibrillators
WHYY/NPR Radio: Philadelphia hunts for heart defibrillators
The Economist: Crowd-sourcing Good Samaritans
Wired: This App Could Save Your Life
Philadelphia Examiner: Be Heart Smart Philadelphia Through the MyHeartMap Challenge