A man trapped in rubble following the Haiti earthquake used an Apple iPhone app to learn how to dress his wounds and stave off the threat of shock, before being rescued, it has been revealed.
The man, who was buried in the darkness for 60 hours following the January 12th tragedy, used the Pocket First Aid and CPR app from the American Heart Association in order to survive the ordeal.
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The app, which costs $3.99 to download, instructed aid worker and father-of-two Max Woolley to tie a belt around a gaping wound to stop the bleeding and to avoid falling asleep in order to reduce the risk of going into shock.
"I had an app that had pre-downloaded all this information about treating wounds. So I looked up excessive bleeding and I looked up compound fracture," Woolley told CNN.
The application contains pre-downloaded instructions about first aid and CPR from the American Heart Association. "I knew I wasn’t making mistakes," he added. "That gave me confidence to treat my wounds properly."
For a video interview with Mr Woolley click here
