Accidents can happen to anyone

Common accidents include falls, breaking your leg or getting trapped, e.g. under a heavy load. The thing about accidents is that they are unexpected so it’s important to make sure you’ve got a solution in place that will get help on the scene as quickly as possible.

Swing FastHelp gets help quickly to precisely the right place!

You might have to wait a disastrously long time for help if you yourself can’t move. Your Swing FastHelp responder circle can be contacted quickly when searching for contact details on your phone or writing a text to get help would take too much time.

The nearest help can be the fastest help.

As a Swing FastHelp user, you define your own circle, made up of colleagues, for example, and you also decide which of them Swing FastHelp calls first. Swing FastHelp can make an alarm call to six people at the same time, considerably increasing the chances of one of them being available and ready to help.

If you work alone, an employer, neighbour or colleague could be the first to receive your alarm call.

Employers have an obligation to protect the safety of their employees

Swing FastHelp is an excellent and cost-effective solution for employers. Employers have a statutory obligation to make sure that their employees are safe at work and a duty to make sure they can obtain assistance. This also includes prevention and planning how help can be obtained, in other words, in an emergency it’s good to know who you can ask for help in advance.

Help is only a touch of a button away!

When time is of the essence, hunting for contact details on your phone can take too long. Swing FastHelp is always with you on your mobile and calling for help couldn’t be easier or quicker.

Chris got trapped in the forest

Chris, Steve and Bill work for a forestry company. In the spring they have to head out into the forest and assess and mark stands of trees for felling. This morning the team are heading out in one car to look at a large area to the north of town. They divide up the work so that they’ve each got a separate area to check and agree to meet back at the car at lunchtime. They park on the edge of the forest and split up.

It’s a sunny, spring morning. The birds are singing and the first primroses are flowering already. Chris is carrying a map, a compass and paper to make notes. He finishes marking the stands in his own area and starts to make his way back to the car. In front of him is a steep rock face with rough boulders. Rather than taking the longer way round, Chris decides to climb over the top.

When Chris starts to reach the top of the slope, the loose boulder under his foot starts to roll and his foot gets stuck between the boulder and the rock face. He tries to pull his foot out but can’t move it. He feels an excruciating pain in his shin when he tries to move his leg. He tries to push the rock with his hands but it won’t budge.

Chris realises that he needs to get FastHelp. He takes his phone out of his pocket, presses the browse button and holds it down to activate the alarm. In the morning when they started out they added each other’s numbers to their Swing FastHelp responder lists. Steve’s phone rings and he sees immediately that it’s an alarm call from Chris. He and Bill both also get emergency texts showing Chris’ location on the map. Chris tells them what has happened and Steve and Bill both go to help. Steve reassures Chris over the phone as they hurry to reach him. Steve reaches Chris first with Bill close behind. Together they manage to move the rock off Chris’ leg and start first aid.

They can see that Chris won’t be able to walk. The car is so far away that they wouldn’t even be able to carry him. Steve phones the emergency services and tells them what has happened and where they are. He knows the area and is able to direct the ambulance via a shorter route. There’s another road nearby where the ambulance can get closer to the patient. The group wait for the ambulance and when help arrives Chris is carried to the ambulance on a stretcher and taken to hospital.

What if they hadn’t immediately been able to pinpoint Chris’ location?

Imagine if you were in Chris’ situation. When an accident happens it can be difficult to explain exactly where you are. Swing FastHelp’s emergency text shows the location of the person in trouble. Getting help immediately can save many irreplaceable professionals – and limbs!

This story is fictional.

Did you know …

Employers have an obligation to protect their employees’ safety at work!

• Accidents at work don’t only affect the person injured, they also cause major problems for the business too. (Source: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)
• Setting up a network of responders at work is part of occupational health and safety.