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WHEN CUSTODY TURNS CRITICAL: SECONDS MATTER
Pulse Patch™: Custodial Health Monitoring That Prevents Million Dollar Risk
In the field, officers carry legal and moral responsibility for detainee wellness: but most have minimal medical training and no reliable way to see what is happening physiologically in real time.
Pulse Patch™ is a rapidly deployable, disposable adhesive device that monitors heart rate and oxygen saturation: then alerts officers to declining status before a preventable outcome becomes a headline: a settlement: or a career ending event.
THIS IS A DAILY EXPOSURE.
NOT A RARE INCIDENT
Custody is one of the most legally vulnerable moments in public safety: because decisions are made fast: stress is high: and the human body can crash silently. The hard truth is this: in custody medical decline is not a what if: it is a when: and the financial consequences are often catastrophic.
This is not a niche issue: it is a recurring operational risk: and the push for prevention is growing quickly across agencies: insurers: and municipalities that cannot afford another seven figure loss.
Here is what the data is signaling:
1: Over the last decade: more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them: reported by Associated Press
2: California alone: $76M in settlements paid out in the last 3 years
3: Nationwide average settlement as of 2020: $1.87M
4: As many as 1.7M arrests involve use of force each year in the US: estimated 17 percent
5: Axon reports a taser is deployed 904 times per day worldwide: about once every 2 minutes
6: In the last 10 years: 120 plus people have died of positional asphyxiation while in police custody
INTRODUCING PULSE PATCH™
HEALTH STATUS CLARITY IN THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER
Pulse Patch™ exists for one reason: in custody and high stress environments: a person can decline fast: and officers are still expected to make the right call without real time medical visibility.
Pulse Patch™ solves that gap through four key capabilities:
Continuous Vital Monitoring
tracks heart rate and oxygen saturation in real time so status is visible instead of assumed
Instant Officer Alerts
audible and visual notifications trigger the moment readings shift toward danger
Downloadable Decision Support Data
creates a record that supports action taken: reporting: and documentation
Built for Mass Adoption Deployment
rapid to apply and cost effective by design so it can be used at scale instead of reserved for rare cases
MARKET OPPORTUNITY THAT SCALES: FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND BEYOND
Initial Deployment Focus
Law enforcement: detention facilities: mass casualty environments: remote and austere response settings.
Expansion Vision
Schools: churches: festivals: disaster response: aviation: rail: oil and gas: forestry: and any environment where medical care has extended ETA or conditions are uncontrolled.
GO TO MARKET THAT COMPOUNDS: STANDARDIZATION DRIVES SCALE
Growth in this space tends to compound through four forces:
1: Policy: when a department updates procedure: adoption becomes standard practice
2: Insurance pools: insurers push for proven ways to reduce risk and exposure
3: Compliance and legislation: new requirements accelerate demand for tools that support safer custody
4: Field visibility: shared booking facilities mean multiple agencies see what works: adoption spreads through real world proof
One strategic pathway for policy driven distribution is Lexipol: a widely used policy and training platform founded by Gordon Graham and Bruce Praet: and positioned as a lever to help standardize adoption at scale.