Trapped father survives with help of phone app By Josh Levs, CNN
January 24, 2010 6:15 p.m. EST
(CNN) -- Alone in the darkness beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood streaming from his head and leg.
Then he remembered -- he had an app for that.
Woolley, an aid worker, husband, and father of two boys, followed instructions on his cell phone to survive the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.
"I had an app that had pre-downloaded all this information about treating wounds. So I looked up excessive bleeding and I looked up compound fracture," Woolley told CNN.
The story above is a perfect example of how knowing first aid can help you as well as others. When we generally think of taking a first aid class, it is to be able to help others, family, co-workers, family...... we never think that the life we may save could be our own. Dan Woolley stayed calm and was able to get the information he needed. What if his phone wasn't charged? Perhaps it was damaged in the collapse? Getting trained properly is truly the only way you can guarantee having the knowledge you may need in an emergency.
Oram Security
No comments:
Post a Comment