10 Applications That Can Save Life, from Earthquake to Suicide
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It’s an easily accessible technology that helps emergency responders to communicate and receive alerts without needing the expensive traditional radio hardware. It allows clear and undistorted communication across multiple teams of first responders.
Zello is clearly at the forefront of push-to-talk communications; it will be interesting to see the growing positive impact it has on the world.
9. What3Words (Track Address App)
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In a time of emergency, it is vital to be able to describe exactly where you are. For example, imagine if you were out walking in the wild and found yourself in need of medical assistance, a street address certainly couldn’t help you then. So, when needed, you must be able to precisely explain your location with more precision than a typical address.
This app gives every three-square-meter (9.8-square-foot) square in the world a unique three-word address—all 57 trillion of them. Three words have been randomly generated for each square and will always stay the same, so you can now direct someone to a specific square of the world with just three words.
It was originally designed as a solution for finding more unusual or remote addresses, but now their app covers the whole world with three-meter squares; the applications for this software are virtually endless.
They’ve even created an extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla so that you can search a what3words address directly into google maps.
10. ICE Medical Standard Ice (First Aid Medical Application)
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ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. This app has been developed to be the industry's leading medical ID for iOS and Android phones. Medical ID is an application that allows users to put emergency medical contact information on a smartphone lock screen image overlay display.
So, if you have an accident, first aid workers, EMS, EMT, FEMA, and ER can find your emergency contact information as soon as they turn on your phone. They created an easy-to-read color-coded system to allow emergency responders to gauge how "high risk" an individual is. the.
