iPhone App helped save a life in Haiti Earthquake disaster
by Melody Adhami on 25th January 2010
An iPhone application helped save the life of an America filmmaker who was trapped after the earthquake that devastated Haiti about two weeks ago. Dan Wooley was trapped beneath rubble for 3 days and his iPhone may have had a hand in his survival. When the earthquake hit, Mr. Wooley was in his hotel and the earthquake left his leg fractured and his head profusely bleeding.
Having installed a medical application on this iPhone prior to the earthquake, Mr. Wooley was able to search for treatments for “compound fracture” and “profuse bleeding”. He found recommendations on how to treat his injuries.
” So I used my shirt to tie my leg and a sock on the back of my head. And later used it for other things, like to diagnose shock,” Woolley told MSNBC in Miami after being pulled out alive by French rescuers.
The developers that created the application should give themselves a pat in the back. After all, how often can we say that our application saved a lifer today. Bravo developers, bravo iPhone and I guess Apple can now claim that there REALLY is an app out there for just about anything….even SURVIVAL.
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