The Register-Guard:

If you’re going to have a heart attack, right outside a hospital is not a bad place to do it. And if 41 people within a 330-yard radius have a cellphone app alerting them to your distress, so much the better.

That’s what happened in Seattle last week when Stephen DeMont collapsed at a bus stop in front of University of Washington Medical Center. While a medical student rushed over and began chest compressions, a cardiac nurse just getting off her shift at the hospital was alerted by her phone, sprinted outside and assisted until paramedics arrived.

Five days later, DeMont, 60, is walking, smiling and talking about how the PulsePoint app helped save his life.

I love reading stories like this. Imagine how much further along technology will be in five years. The PulsePoint app can be downloaded here.