Getting Emergency Help on your SmartPhone

L - IPhone Emergency Screen R - From Sign on there is an ability to access your medical ID and emergency contacts without knowing your password, helpful for first responders.

As a tie-in to the AVFD article, I have the Kim Komando article HERE, about calling 911 from your smartphone.  Calling 911 in an emergency is critically important, and your smartphone can help. Learn how to use it and also, put your medical info in your phone so an EMT can find it when necessary. Learn about that HERE.

As a health device, the smartphone can be a great tool, especially when used with a corresponding smartwatch. I’ve recommended this before. While I love smartphones for being powerful computers in your pocket, the smartwatch really ties things together.

I don’t even use a lot of features on my iWatch, but some that I use a lot are: talking to it. I ask Siri to call Carol when I’m driving, send a text message, set a timer for me or an alarm. It keeps track of my “fitness”, which is fairly pathetic, but a real motivator for my mom and Carol.
The watch can also track heart rate, and send a report to your doctor if you want. These devices are getting more and more sophisticated, able to track your heart rate, Blood Pressure, and even run a single lead ECG. It won’t be long before they will be able to non-invasively monitor what’s in your blood, which they can do now by attaching to more standard and invasive devices.