Some also allow you to input personal medical information, in case it's needed in an emergency. (Use a secure password, if you're going to include personal medical information.)
1. iTriage for iPhones and Android Smartphones
iTriage lists thousands of medical symptoms, diseases, procedures, and medications. You may even be able to get wait times for select Hospital Emergency Rooms and Urgent Care facilities, pre-register, and set appointments with select physicians. There's a list of emergency hotlines, and physician and nurse advice lines.
The app lets you to save, easily access, and share healthcare information.
2. Pocket First Aid & CPR from the American Heart Association
The $3.99 Pocket First Aid & CPR from the American Heart Association, by Jive Media, offers The American Heart Association Guidelines on CPR & Emergency Cardiovascular Care. You can learn by viewing the 34 videos and 46 high-resolution illustrations.Here's a link to a story about an injured man who used information on the app to help survive when trapped for more than 60 hours in the ruins of a hotel in Haiti after an earthquake.
3. Help Call
Help Call is a $2.99 app in the iTunes store with international police, fire department and ambulance phone numbers in 126 countries. There are four big buttons on the main screen: fire, police, ambulance and friend. The app automatically uses the correct emergency numbers from your current country location.If you can't see or can't touch the screen of your iPhone, shake your iPhone and call your selected emergency number. The app comes in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Polish.
4. smart-ICE (In Case of Emergency)
smart-ICE, by EMS Options, allows the phone owner to record a message with the most critical medical information. If you can't speak, the app will play immediately upon opening or at the push of a “PLAY’ button.The 99-cents app has an alert EMS button that dials emergency services. Set the phone into Alert Mode, which has intermittent piercing alarm sounds if the patient becomes unconscious. A “My Location” button gives the current location to EMS dispatchers
5. First Aid and Emergencies from Howcast
Howcast's $2.99 app called First Aid and Emergencies is a digital first aid kit. Videos cover tips on handling everything from minor cuts to major medical emergencies. The 130 videos include CPR instruction, how to soothe common ailments from heartburn to colds, and much more.You can mark your favorite videos for quick playback, and view videos at your own pace. The app has sections on "how to Protect Yourself, and "How to Survive the Worst".
6. mpassport.com
mpassport.com lists medical providers and pharmacies in several cities around the globe and lets you make appointments. The app lists equivalent medication brand names and translates important medical terms and phrases; you can hear them spoken in the local language. It also lets you connect directly with some emergency services via the foreign equivalent of 911.Locations include Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Dublin, Florence, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Rome, Vienna, Dubai, Cape Town, Nairobi, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Quito, Bermuda, Nassau, Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo. Some are free; others cost 99 cents each.
