iFirstAid: First Aid Anytime, Anywhere
September 24th, 2005
St. John Ambulance, the UK’s leading First Aid, care, and transport charity has produced a series of First Aid audio files for people to download to their portable MP3 player, phone, or burn to a CD.
The files are available for download in MP3, AAC, and RealAudio. They currently include information about performing a primary survey at an accident scene; identifying and treating burns, bleeding, shock and fractures; giving rescue breaths and chest compressions; and putting someone in the recovery position. They plan to offer files to cover further scenarios, First Aid podcasts and seasonal First Aid advice.
‘The iFIRSTAID tips are no substitute for First Aid training but it’s useful to have a quick reminder to give you confidence and reinforce your knowledge,’ said Dawn Upton, the St. John Ambulance trainer whose voice listeners will hear when they download the advice. ‘It’s perfectly natural to panic or feel unsure if you come across a casualty, but we hope that having these tips available will enable people to deal with an emergency situation more confidently and effectively.’
This is about one of the coolest uses of digital audio I’ve seen, and given that I’ll be taking my First Aid training in a couple months (I don’t think US training differs too much from UK training), it’s particularly useful to me.
You can find the files at the St. John Ambulance First Aid info site
