A skydiver injured after landing further than expected is unable to tell rescuers where he is. One of them then has the idea to use an application that you surely have to spot it.
Our smartphones may be a concentrate of ever more innovative technologies, but they are sometimes the simplest features who can save us. A 28 year old skydiver understood this well after his misadventure. Around 6:30 p.m., he jumps over Maubeuge aerodrome, in the department of the North. The descent goes smoothly, but very quickly, the man realizes that he will not be able to land to the intended ground. He swerves and hits the ground in a cornfield. The violence of the impact hurt him, fortunately not enough for him to lose consciousness.
His jumping companions witness the scene from the ground and know that the victim does not have a smartphone on him. Olivier, an instructor, goes looking for him on foot. Size issue, no pun intended, corn cobs are at least two meters high in this season. Olivier still finds the parachutist who guides him with his voice. Except that once with him, the concern remains the same: how to get help quickly in this plant maze ?
Injured paratrooper found after sharing location on WhatsApp
Olivier is online with the Samu, and it’s the emergency doctor who has an idea. “He told me he could locate us with WhatsApp,” he recalls. After having exchanged his number with the parton of Samu59, Roch Joly, the instructor can share his position live on the application. It only takes a few extra minutes for a Smur team to find the two men.
The parachutist was taken care of by a doctor before being transported to the hospital by the firefighters, slightly injured. At a time when the satellite emergency call function arrives on some smartphones and saves lives, it is good to remember thatan application present on almost all mobiles can also be used to bring help.
Source: The Voice of the North