During a team practice session last week, 17-year-old Xavier Jones, a basketball star playing for La Verne Lutheran in California collapsed on the court as his heart stopped beating. It was a lucky thing that his coach Eric Cooper had downloaded Phone Aid, a US$1.99 iPhone app about CPR just the day before. Using information found in the app, Cooper and assistant coach John Osorno were able to resuscitate Jones until paramedics arrived.
Jones had previously been diagnosed with hypertropic cardiomyopathy,
