It is astonishing how one's motor skills degrade when the adrenaline is flowing. I once tried to dial 911 on an iPhone in such circumstances. My hands were shaking so badly I kept dialing 922, 811, 914, and so on. Terrible in the moment but a very good lesson for preparedness. I really appreciate the "dial Emergency" methods on modern phone software that just need a button held down.

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8cvor6j844qw_d6 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

My only complaint with hold-to-dial emergency dialing is phones with damaged or glitchy buttons (ghost presses) that trigger it accidentally. There's probably a setting to disable it, though I think its manufacturer-dependent.

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drob518 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Imagine trying to navigate Hacker News in an emergency. LOL!

	▲	Imustaskforhelp 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I can actually imagine this when AWS goes down and you have to go check if AWS is down again. (Although it's not a type of medical emergency but still) xD Though to be fair, If your prod depends on AWS and it goes down, you might be going through tons of adrenaline too as well.