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Troy Westley was horrified to find his
son’s Asthma Action Plan in a filing
cabinet, not accessible to team officials
in an emergency. So a year later, Troy
developed a smartphone app that is
changing how sporting organisations
access medical and emergency contact
information.
Aussie start-up CareMonkey was
founded in October 2014 and in less
than three years it has become the
world’s fastest growing health and safety
platform with over 1 million users and
won one of the world’s most prestigious
start-up awards in 2015.
BE PREPARED IN AN EMERGENCY
“While sports clubs collect medical forms
from parents about their children, we
realised this information was not always
accessible,” said Westley, now CEO of
CareMonkey. “At my son’s football club,
paper forms were carried in a clip board
by the team manager named Sue, who
was present on game day along with
medical staff and trainers. However at
weeknight training sessions, the coach
was by himself with 23 footballers. There
was no Sue with her clipboard and no
parents. The coach was completely
unprepared for any emergency, and
didn’t even have emergency contact
details for the kid’s parents he was
responsible for.”
“CareMonkey exists to give authorised
coaches and staff access to important
medical and emergency information
on their mobile device, and works even
when they are offline,” Westley says.
“Our fundamental aim is to help people
know exactly what to do, who to call, and
what to tell ambulance paramedics in an
emergency.”
INFORMATION UP-TO-DATE
Medical and emergency information can
go out of date. CareMonkey automates
the collection of this information, chasing
people when information is missing, and
sending automatic reminders at regular
intervals to ensure information is always
accurate.
Nunawading Swimming Club and Squad
Coordinator Kristy Veliades agrees,
“It made sense to give the coaches
immediate up to date medical and
contact information for their athletes
without having to print and carry private
information.”
ELIMINATE PAPER FORMS
“Many players have medical histories
longer than you can imagine, some
IMPROVING
SAFETY IN SPORT
NEW APP REDUC I NG THE PA I N
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