EMS1 - University of Michigan awarded $5.5M grant to develop AI-driven device for cardiac arrest response

The University of Michigan has been awarded a two-year, $5.5 million grant to develop an artificial intelligence-integrated sensor to help save those who have sudden cardiac arrest.

The American Heart Association awarded the money to UM, along with $5 million to the California-based Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, to conduct research that specifically explores ways AI can be used to improve the screening and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

Researchers with the UM Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation will develop a device to ease one of the most difficult parts of giving care to patients, lead researcher Dr. Cindy Hsu said.