What are the best emergency technologies?

I learned this years ago from a Flight Attendant who literally sat in the back of a plane near me and chatted it up, and I thought we were flirting, only for her to tell me she had a boyfriend at the end of the flight.

She was a tease or I was a guy misreading the signs. Probably the latter :)

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When these masks drop down.

They aren’t actually connected to oxygen tanks.

Those masks have a tube of chemicals connected to them. They refer to them as “oxygen candles” that burn for about 15 minutes and provide you a source of oxygen.

Also - these people in the picture are wearing the masks wrong. Ensure you cover your nose too.

Dear iPhone users,
This one will save you.

Imagine your grandfather is dying from an allergic reaction or something.

You need to call their emergency contact but you cannot access their phone.

If they have an iPhone, take their iPhone out. (If they don’t, then this post isn't for you. Sorry.)

• For iPhone 8 & later: Press and hold the side button and one of the Volume buttons until the Emergency SOS slider appears.
• Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services.
• If you continue to hold down the side button and Volume button, instead of dragging the slider, a countdown begins and an alert sounds. If you hold down the buttons until the countdown ends, your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.
• For iPhone 7 & earlier: Rapidly press the side (or top) power button five times. The Emergency SOS slider will appear. In India, you only need to press the button three times, then your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.
• Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services.

This will pop up:

If you slide the “Medical ID” button, the user’s iPhone medical ID information will pop up.

If you slide “Emergency SOS”, it will send a message and location to your emergency contact.

As Apple will state it on their site:

You can also add emergency contacts. After an emergency call ends, your iPhone alerts your emergency contacts with a text message, unless you choose to cancel. Your iPhone sends them your current location, and, for a period of time, after you enter SOS mode, it sends updates to your emergency contacts when your location changes.

For instance, in China mainland, there is an option for “police,” “fire,” or “ambulance.” Wished they have that in North America.

I think that the iPhone emergency Medical ID & Emergency SOS will help some people in some situations.

Cheers,
—Britney Vu

(Source & read more on: Use Emergency SOS on your iPhone)

Image: Screenshot/Apple site Canada.