Nuvel vSOS Now Available for Connecting iPhone Users to Emergency Response Teams with a Single Button

CAMPBELL, CA (April 27, 2011) –Nuvel announced todaythat vSOS™, its personal emergency response application for smart phones is now available for Apple® iPhone™ users to download at the iPhone App Store.  Featuring advanced, patent-pending technology, vSOS provides users ranging from school age children to the elderly with the peace of mind that help for medical emergencies, personal safety and accidents is available with the push of a button.  Through its partnership with GEOS Alliance, Nuvel’s feature-rich application provides emergency response services in North America, South America, and Europe. The vSOS subscription fee of $9.97 per month includes both the application and the personal emergency response services.

vSOS is designed to be the gold standard against which all mobile personal response applications are compared and has set itself apart from the competition with HIPPA compliance andthe ability to input personal medical information such as allergies, health conditions, medications, etc.  For added value, the GEOS Search and Rescue (SAR) feature is included at no additional cost.   GEOS and the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC) have been providing rescue coordination and other services internationally for years. As of this release the IERCC has operated in 88 Countries accounting for nearly 2,000 rescue operations. To read more about their rescues visit http://geosiercc.blogpost.com.

With the SAR feature, if the official emergency services need to be supplemented to ensure the user’s safety, the GEOS IERCC will authorize additional personnel and equipment (including private aircraft/helicopter charter, private search teams, etc.).  During the past 18 months, more than 400 lives have been saved as a result of the IERCC.

When an iPhone is enhanced with vSOS, users send a distress alert simply by pressing down on the red vSOS emergency alert icon for three seconds.  This triggers the vSOS HIPPA-compliant server to automatically send a distress alert to the GEOS IERCC.  Leveraging GPS technology, vSOS provides the user’s physical location to the responders to guide emergency personnel.  Access to the user’s personalized health information and the user’s name, mobile phone number and address is also included with the alert.  In addition, vSOS will send a text or email message to alert up to five contacts (physician, family, friends) listed in the user profile.

 IERCC SAR Mission Coordinators can then contact the user to verify the emergency.  If a user does not answer the call from GEOS, certified emergency response professionals will contact the closest 9-1-1, or similar dispatch center outside the US, and provide the user’s location utilizing the Latitude and Longitude provided with the emergency alert transmission along with any and all required information from the user’s profile.

 “There are health emergency response devices and safety emergency devices, but a fragmented approach doesn’t work for today’s more mobile society,” explained Randy Hagin, Nuvel Senior Vice President of Sales.  “With vSOS, people of all ages can have the assurance of 24/7 response to any emergency—health, accident, assault—at home or on-the-go.  And, help is conveniently available with one touch on their smartphone, so there’s nothing extra to buy, nothing extra to carry, nothing technical to learn.  The emergency response features, mobility and simplicity that vSOS offers make the market for this application virtually unlimited.”

The peace of mind that vSOS provides spans from children with allergies, asthma or diabetes; college students who worry about their safety when on campus at night; people who hike or jog alone; and people who want help fast if they have a heart attack,  stroke or accident.  Even travelers who don’t speak the local language can relax, knowing they have a team of dedicated people ready to respond to any emergency.  

Availability, Price

Apple and Google approved, Nuvel’s vSOS personal emergency response software and service is available for download from the iPhone app store for $9.97/month. Downloads for the Google® Android™ and other smartphone platforms will be available soon.Volume licensing is available directly to OEM partners as well as corporate and institutional customers at a discount price based on volume.

About Nuvel Inc.

 Headquartered in Campbell, CA, Nuvel delivers software and hardware solutions that enhance productivity, provide exciting new capabilities, and improve the experience for all internet users including enterprises, individuals, and underserved communities. Nuvel dramatically increases the speed and performance of the Internet, significantly improving last-mile connectivity and the user experience for all computing and mobile devices.  For more information, visit www.nuvelinc.com.

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