Sunday, June 29, 2008

CPR on mobile phones

Hi everyone,

I just received this from the ABC news Email. It is reporting that the RedCross has organised that one can have CPR instructions on ones mobile phone. Worth a look.

"*Mobile phone CPR instructions 'could save lives'*

In what is being billed as a world first, instructions for life-saving CPR can now be downloaded to a mobile phone under a new initiative developed by the Red Cross.

People will be able to download animated instructions from a website onto their phone on how to revive someone in an emergency.

The technology was developed by a Tasmanian company.

Red Cross spokeswoman Virginia Leafe says the service is no substitute for first aid training, but works as a potentially life-saving prompt.

"You download it from the Red Cross website," she said.

"It will take a couple of minutes to download, and then you will have it on your phone and you press a button and with one button it starts and it goes through visually and speaking, how to do CPR.

"The idea is to download it before an emergency situation kicks in."

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