Most people aren’t really up to speed on the intricacies of CPR, which is problematic if they’re ever faced with needing to deliver it. But thanks to Victoria Ambulance there is, as the saying goes, now an app for that.
Don’t for a second think that this app is a way of avoiding doing a first aid course – it’s not, in any way shape or form. But given that the sooner somebody starts CPR the higher the chances of survival are, having an app on your phone to guide you through an extremely stressful situation could be well worth the free download.
The app lists four basic steps to help keep someone alive in an emergency. It also includes some basic children’s games to help educate kids on preventing life threatening situations.
If you aren’t all that well versed on the intricacies of CPR, you should probably download it. Just in case…
Pauly
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 3:14 PMWhere can we get this app? I can’t find it on their website or the market :(
Pauly
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 3:15 PMOhh iPhone only eh :(
iParamedic
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 3:26 PMGuys…you need to get the name of the service correct: it’s ‘Ambulance Victoria’ not ‘Victoria Ambulance’. It will be interesting to see if this improves survival from sudden cardiac arrest and appears to be a world-first innovation.
Danny Allen
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 5:07 PMFixed!
Penmonicus
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 4:12 PMSounds great. I’ll download it when I can.
Now if only it could read my heart rate and alert the people around me, we’d be… in the future, I guess.
Marlon
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 4:36 PMClearly lifesaving is only a task for iPhone owners..
Fraking annoys me no end that all these apps are developed for the iPhone and no one even bothers coming up with an Android equivalent.. there are more Android phones FFS!!!
iParamedic
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:06 PMGive it time Marlon. I’m sure the iPhone app will be the first ‘toe-in-the-water’ as AV hasn’t done anything like this before. All its managers use BlackBerry; many of its staff use iPhone, which is probably the pool where the idea first originated. Android is growing in presence – I’m sure something will be developed for other platforms. Until then: learn CPR the old fashioned way – on YouTube!
Steven
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 7:21 PMWhy do iPhones get new apps before Android? Android has the largest market share. If you have a product or service to promote, wouldn’t you start with the widest possible audience, and then worry about niche sectors later?
I think this shows how out of touch government is. They are jumping on the bandwagon of the “cool new thing” (…from 5 years ago). Get with the times people!
Darren
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 10:54 PMI would live to know the figures. I reckon on the train to work every day almost 80% of the phones I see are iPhones.
I used to have an android but got bored of waiting for apps to be released. Best example is the ANZ go money app. Apparently there still working on it!
Peter Collinson
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:40 AMWhille there are a large number of Android phones, on a sliding scale of how current the OS version they’re running, there are only a small number of iPhone models and OSs.
So devlopers can relatively easily release apps that can be used by a large chunk of similar users. Makes it easier for quality control, debugging etc.
PHuZZy
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:39 AMI don’t ever want an iPhone. so does this mean I’m just to be left on the side of the road??