Normally, if you have sudden physical discomfort, you can dial 120 for help. What should you do if you cannot say a word or unable to tell your location quickly and clearly? Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Yichang Municipal Emergency Center that “First-aid on WeChat” App now can be used normally after early internal testing and debugging. And one of its function named“one-button emergency call” can greatly shorten the emergency response time.

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　　How to use the App? According to Shi Junlin, director of the Yichang Municipal Emergency Center, users just need to search“Yichang 120” on WeChat Official Account because the App runs on Wechat platform.

　　“The function of ‘one-button emergency call’ is the highlight of ‘First-aid on WeChat’ by introducing of the GPS into emergency rescue, which provides convenience for the ambulance to get to the patient quicklyby precise locating.” According to Shi Junlin, once someone calls 120 through the “First-aid on WeChat”platform in an emergency, the GPS positioning information and the health information reserved by the caller can be synchronously pushed to the 120 dispatching hall, so that emergency doctors can fully know the patient’s health condition in advance,so as to treat him or her properly and quickly. The ambulance’s one-button navigation function allows the ambulance driver to navigate based on the location of the caller, which can get to the patient precisely and quickly,to save for the golden treatment time.

　　It can also help the callerto contact the family at the first timeby the “First-aid on WeChat”. Citizens only need to reserve family members’information in the information of relatives and friends, and turn on the function of emergency contact. When citizens use “first-aid on WeChat” to call for help, the software will automatically contact the family members in the form of SMS. It is convenient for family members to contact patients in time after receiving SMS notificationandgrasp the patient’s condition toarrivethe accident site or hospital in time, thus reducing chances that hospital staffs or the caller can’t contact their family members in emergency.

　　Multiple modesto extend its helping coverage

　　The reportersfindthat besides one-button emergency callfor the caller, there are also other modes including emergency call for relatives, friends and others,which to some extent greatly extends its helping coverage..

　　It is knownthat citizens can call120 through the App for their family members and friendsin case of emergencyas long as they havecompletedthe information and health recordin “family and friends’ information”Column.

　　Shi Junlin tellsreporters that relatives and friendsemergency call modewill provide more protection for the elderly living alone. “As long asthe information of the elderlyhas been completed, the children can give the emergency callthroughWeChat. First-aid personnel can quickly get to the siteof the accident through the reserved permanent address. Andthe body of the elderly can be fully evaluated for the first time to savetime for the first aid through the reserved health information.”

　　While in an emergency, non-localvisitors may not have trouble of knowingtheir exact location. In this case, the“Emergency call for others” mode launched by the “First-aid on WeChat” platform can provide accurate location information for tourists visitingYichang when they need first aid, so as toensure that the emergency center can provide medical emergency servicesas soon as possible.

　　Improving function of first-aid for surrounding areas and first aid ability

　　At present, the phenomenon of “unlicensed ambulances” has appeared in many cities in China,which poses a certain threat to the life safety of patients. The staffsof the Yichang Municipal Emergency Center introducethat the citizens can use the “vehicle identification”section of the “First-aid on WeChat” platform to input the license number, so as to find out the ownership of the vehicle, which is conducive to identify the ambulance and avoid the “unlicensed ambulance”.

　　At the same time, there areotherfunctions such as training registration, price list and first-aid micro-video on the “First-aid on WeChat”. All of these will bring more conveniencefor citizens.

　　Citizens can sign up for first-aid training onlineby themselves through “training registration”,to facilitate citizens to participate in various first-aid training organized by emergency center.

　　The emergency center is a non-profit institution funded by the government. However, in accordance with the regulations of the national government, it still needs to chargecertain fees. Citizens who have doubts about the fees of ambulances can inquire the relevant fees in the “price list”.

　　In the first-aid micro-videosection, an online first-aid class is availablewhere citizens can log in to learn first-aid knowledge and skills.

　　Now the“First-aid on WeChat” App is currently being tested, and some functions stillneedto be improved. If the citizens have good suggestions during the use, they can leavemessagestoWeChat editor of“Yichang 120”. (Journalist Liu Jingjing, Correspondent ZhengYang)