A phone alert brought help to a Hickman woman in about 3 minutes
When Shawn Vernon's heart stopped, her mother did CPR, her daughter called 911, and a PulsePoint alert brought an off-duty Lincoln paramedic. A deputy's AED helped, and she is recovering.
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When Shawn Vernon's heart stopped in Hickman, her mother started CPR and her daughter called 911, KOLN reported. A PulsePoint alert reached an off-duty paramedic from Lincoln who was about three streets away and got there in about three minutes. A deputy's automated external defibrillator was part of the help. Vernon is recovering. The account is that chain: family CPR, the 911 call, the phone alert, and the defibrillator. It describes her as recovering. It does not give a later medical outcome beyond that.
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