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The best way to survive a heart attack is to get quick intervention.

Now, there’s an app for that!

According to WICS-TV, the name of the new app is called Pulsara, which is helping shorten transit times for many hospitals that use it.

The app on your smartphone, is activated when an emergency medical team arrives on scene, and allows critical information to be shared with in transit.

Patients can then be prepared for treatment in less than 20 minutes, which could make a difference between life and death.

Patient Bill Hiers said,

“You don’t take anything for granted; forget that one day at a time, it’s one hour at a time and I want to make the most of it.”

All the information from the app is only available to the doctors who are connected to it, so patient privacy is maintained.