First aid
Proceed
- Look
- thinking
- Act
Communication in an emergency situation
- Exact instruction
- Speak directly to the person
- Distribute the task and request feedback: “Resolve the call and let me know when you've done it”
First Aid Scheme
- Approachable
- yes -> stay with the person, supervise further steps
- No -> Does the person breathe
- Yes = not available with normal breathing -> stable lateral position, emergency call, monitoring
- No = Not available with missing or abnormal breathing -> Make an emergency call, chest compressions and ventilation, use AED if available
- Adults 30x massage, 2x respiration
- Children 5x ventilate, 15x massage, 2x ventilate, etc.
- Until emergency services arrive then handed over without interruption
Alerting
144 emergency call
Tox Info 145
Ambulance 144
Police 117
Fire Department 118
Rega 1414
Presented hand 143, children 147
Emergency call EU 112, USA 911
Specific answers over the phone
- Where (Emergency call center can locate callers)
- Who
- What
- When
- How many?
- More info?
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