Here's a timely innovation for Ukraine at war: applications that help people facing life-threatening injuries.
Win
Interactive, a Ukrainian game developer, created a mobile application that provides first
medical aid instructions – Domedychna dopomoha (pre-medical aid).
It can
be downloaded for free on iTunes and Google Play.
The
app has six tabs that provide brief explanations on how to correctly transport
wounded persons, stop bleeding, apply bandages, restart a heartbeat and other
first aid instructions. The application offers guidance both in Russian and Ukrainian.
It is
also possible to call emergency help right from the app.
The
instructions have been initially taken from a first medical aid guide issued by
the Health Ministry.
“We
understand that in difficult circumstances, not everyone will be able to
examine all tabs in the app,” says Win Interactive’s Olha Kavunenko.
“Besides
the military men are often restricted from using mobile phones on the
field. But in the evening you can read
and understand the basic principles of applying bandages, transporting the wounded.”
“In
a case of emergency a person will know which section to open fast and provide
pre-medical aid to a person nearby. Most importantly, this information is with
you as long as your phone is in the pocket,” she adds.
Ukraine is most definitely in difficult circumstances, trying to defend itself against a Russian-led invasion that has killed more than 5,000 people in the last year and led to Ukraine’s loss of the Crimean peninsula.
Earlier
Kyivstar, a major telecom company, launched a free app called First Mobile Aid.
All information there is in English only.
Besides
the function of emergency call, it can also detect one’s location and show hospitals
nearby. It has two tabs, first aid kit that shows the list of medicines, and
advice base that lists instructions for the first aid in case of burns,
poisonings, chest pain, asthma hit and other possible distress.
Kyiv Post staff writer
Bozhena Sheremeta can be reached at [email protected]. The Kyiv Post’s IT coverage is
sponsored by AVentures Capital, Ciklum, FISON and SoftServe.
