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I’m OK: Quick Emergency Notifier

Umar — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:01:41 +0000

In times of an emergency, it is best to let all your close contacts know of your situation quickly. Here to help you do this in a speedy way is a service called “I’m OK”.

I’m OK is a service that lets you notify your contacts if you are alright or if you are in an emergency and need help. The service works by first asking you to register your phone number and reply with a confirmation text message. Next you add your emergency contacts to the service. The service gives you a phone number on which to text in order to send the text to all your emergency contacts instantly.

You can include anything in the message but the supported hashtags certainly save your time. Among the supported hashtags are #imok to indicate you are alright, #needhelp to ask for help, and #loc to include your location’s latitude and longitude in the message.

Features:

A useful emergency service.
Lets you text many people using only one text message.
Helps notify contacts if you are alright or in an emergency.
Lets you quickly include your geographical position in the text message.

Check out “I’m OK” @ http://imokapp.appspot.com/home (By Umar from TechCityInc)

EMS Field Partner: An iOS App for various emergency situations

Umar — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:01:00 +0000

EMS Field Partner is a free iOS application sized at 18.4MB and compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 4.0 or later. It was thought up by the EMS professionals of the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) of Pittsburgh, PA. The application provides reference information for medical and trauma emergencies. While the application will be very beneficial to safety personnel, regular iOS device owners will also find the app greatly helpful for medical emergencies.

Personnel are also provided with a direct link to the Medical Command at the receiving WPAHS hospi

tal. Where helicopters are needed, the built-in GPS function provides accurate location coordinates to LifeFlight dispatch.

Features:

A user-friendly iOS application.
Compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.
Made for public safety personnel.
Provides reference information that helps attend medical emergencies.
Provides direct link to Medical Command at the receiving WPAHS hospital.
Sends location via GPS to LifeFlight dispatch, when required.
Similar tools: CRADAR and First Aid.
Also read: 5 Must-Bookmark Websites for Emergencies.

Get the EMS Field Partner iOS application from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ems-field-partner/id417962608?mt=8# (By Umar from TechCityInc)

CRADAR: Android Motion Sensing Application That Sends Out An Alert If You Fall

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:01:51 +0000

CRADAR is one useful emergency app to have come out in the past few months. This free Android motion sensing applications that gets activated whenever you fall, waits for a predefined amount of time (30 – 120 seconds) and if you don’t move at least 8 feet within that time, sends an alert to one of your contacts telling them you may be hurt.

The text message your contact receives also contains your location pin pointed on Google Maps along with the GPS co-ordinates so it is easy for them to find you. You can specify any of your contacts for this and change that at any time.

You can also change the text of the message you want to send out. Gone out bungee jumping? Turn CRADAR off with a single tap and turn it back on again once you are done.

Features:

Senses whenever you fall and send out alerts.
Your contact would know the exact GPS co-ordinates so they can find you.
Choose how long app should wait before sending out an alert.
Waiting time, contact and text message can be changed any time.
Similar: First Aid.

Download CRADAR from www.actionxl.com/CRADAR.html

First Aid: Pocket First Aid Guide For Your iPhone

Kaly — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:04:04 +0000

Here a must have application for all iPhone users out there. FirstAid is a small first aid iPhone app that gives you quick access to what needs to be done in case of incidents like bee stings, broken bones, burns, and eye injuries. More cases are going to be added in the future.

While you won’t be using this app on a regular basis it’s good to have it on your bookmarks. So that if you ever need to access one of the first aid guides it provides you can instantly find it.

The application is free and desn’t require any signup. All you need is an iPhone and internet connection.

Check out FirstAid @ www.iphonetoolbox.com (Direct Link for iPhone firstaid.ifthensoft.com)