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App: First Aid By The Red Cross

September
2012

  File under New Products Safety Tips/How To
  Author: Mike Werner
  Location: Normandy, France

Medical problems happen quicker than what you'd expect. Before you know it something can go wrong with anyone, and I don't mean just accidents. Many of us travel miles on our motorcycles, often with several riding buddies. Anything can go wrong, anything..

But what do you need to do when something goes wrong with one of us? One obvious problem is a crash, but apart from crashes, what do you need to do when one of your group or family has an asthma attack? Or a seizure ? Or has a diabetic emergency? Or gets burned ...broken bone... the list is very long.

If someone in your group is a doctor, you're in luck, but if no one has any medical knowledge, this FREE app can save someone's life, maybe yours. The application was made for the British Red Cross, and runs on iPhone

, Android

and Blackberry

.

The First Aid app lists 18 symptoms and problems, and when you select the one you are facing, it explains in detail what you need to do, and even has videos showing you what you need to do. If you need to do something for a specific length of time, there's even a built-in timer for that event. No need to count the minutes, the app does it for you, and then tells you what to do next.

More importantly, the app is off-line, in other words, once you've downloaded the app, you don't need to go on-line to get the info. So it'll work in the Sahara desert, Amazon jungle or downtown New York.

The design of the app is first class, it's easy to navigate to the problem you are facing, and there's no superfluous information; you can find what you need to do very quickly and efficiently.

I have immediately downloaded the free app and it's sitting on my iPhone. You never know what can happen....

Click her for more info on the Red Cross First Aid app