FYI for smart phone users

[Todd00000]

They have first aid apps now and since most of my training is for traumatic injury it's nice to have a handy guide for things like choking, heart attacks etc. I paid .99 cents for Emergency First Aid for my iphone.

[Texas42]

I bet the first line is, Dial 9-1-1.

I bet the last line is something like, "This should not be used for the treatment of people."

[drrufo]

Not to be a smart ass, BUT if you have to look aid response on a phone app, you should be the one giving aid. Unless you are the only one and that person is going to die.
I would take a basic first aid course with your local Red Cross or CERT training cadre. I've taken both and know enough to know when to help and when not to help.We had a woman go down at qwrk the other night with" an elephant on her chest". EMTs were called and someone with better training than I had was watching over her until they arrived.
If you want to review the app in your idle time then it would be very helpful, just not when someone is having a heartattack.

[Todd00000]

Not to be a smart ass, BUT if you have to look aid response on a phone app, you should be the one giving aid. Unless you are the only one and that person is going to die.
I would take a basic first aid course with your local Red Cross or CERT training cadre. I've taken both and know enough to know when to help and when not to help.We had a woman go down at qwrk the other night with" an elephant on her chest". EMTs were called and someone with better training than I had was watching over her until they arrived.
If you want to review the app in your idle time then it would be very helpful, just not when someone is having a heartattack.

I've had a few civilian first aid courses but no remembers everything for every situation. This app covers 44 events and differentiates between adults and children for some and covers births which most first aid courses don't. Thanks for your advice.

[Voodoo_Man]

Of course training outside of an "app" is absolutely required for anyone who wants to be able to take that next step in first response or aid in a bad situation.

Any type of reminder or aid will not be a detriment. Hell, for some courses we get "incident cards" to help us identify specific things. Does not mean we will use them but a quick review does not hurt.

[Pax]

Sounds brilliant. They ought to make apps for disaster preparation and personal defense as well. Something that tells me to go to my local Costco and stock up on supplies and something else that tells me to pull out my gun, respectively. Im sure they'd sell a few hundred thousand copies.

[Reagans Rascals]

there are a lot of smart ass responses but...

I seem to recall a coach using an iPhone app for directions to provide one of his players with CPR and actually saved his life...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20024634-247.html

not so much b/s now is it?

anything that helps... ****ing helps... who care where it comes from

[Ghost__1]

I think it may carry merit. Obviously know your limits OP but they put poster's in most cafaterias now to perform the hiemlich. Is it really all that different? I had a 9 Line Medivac request card. Is that gonna be knocked here too? If something has the potential to save a life I can't or won't knock it.

[Pax]

Yes yes thats great and all if it helps.

Id say its highly comparable to a visual aiming laser on a firearm. Use it if you find it helps you. Do not ever rely on it. Ever.

And CPR... Really man... I can understand being overcome with a chest wound and just thinking oh shit oh shit oh shit for a few seconds while you try to decide between pressure or packing or a seal or wait did I bring my backpack with such and such equipment or my IFAK from the truck with different gear and whats hit is it just a lung hows the stomach, the aorta and illiac, spine, oh my god theres so much blood AAAGHH... etc., and in such a situation having something that spelled out the appropriate steps might be helpful.... but CPR... Really? Is it that difficult to remember?

[Reagans Rascals]

Yes yes thats great and all if it helps.

Id say its highly comparable to a visual aiming laser on a firearm. Use it if you find it helps you. Do not ever rely on it. Ever.

And CPR... Really man... I can understand being overcome with a chest wound and just thinking oh shit oh shit oh shit for a few seconds while you try to decide between pressure or packing or a seal or wait did I bring my backpack with such and such equipment or my IFAK from the truck with different gear and whats hit is it just a lung hows the stomach, the aorta and illiac, spine, oh my god theres so much blood AAAGHH... etc., and in such a situation having something that spelled out the appropriate steps might be helpful.... but CPR... Really? Is it that difficult to remember?

considering most everyday people have no idea whatsoever how to change a tire or how to start a fire properly... its not too far fetched to think they really won't remember the 15 minute CPR lesson they got in 8th grade.... under stress...

reminders help... step-by-step's improve the help.

I don't need a check-list to pre-flight my plane... but I won't do one without it.... the human mind usually remembers 7 steps in order... after that its usually the very first and very last few that make it through.... I think if someones life is in their hands I'd rather them use all the help they can to get it right the first time