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This page will be dedicated to EMS and Medical links that I find useful, and have some EMS tips.
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In here you'll find a number of medical sites that are for EMS, as well as regular medical sites that you should be able to find anything you want to know about.
Here are some very basic tips to help you to help someone else in an emergency until the ambulance gets there. Always call 911 right away, or have someone else do it (point at them and say "YOU, call 911, or 0 " if you don't have 911 in your area). It is always better to call, then to not call and it then become too late!!
This is NOT a substitute for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) which is your ambulance service. These are just a few tips to help you to help others until the ambulance arrives. I HIGHLY recommend that you take a CPR course at minimum, and preferably a CPR course as well as a First Aid course!! These are just a few tips, and are not meant as a subsitute for you learning in a controlled enviornment. Contact your local Red Cross, Ambulance Service, Hospital, or Doctor's office to find out where to obtain this training. It won't take a lot of your time, and it is well worth it. You never know when you may need it. Not everyone who could possibly need emergency medical help is a stranger!! A lot of them will be your friends, or family members!!
1) Give your name to the 911 operator.
2) Give an accurate location that the ambulance is needed. Make sure to give the numerical address, as well as any landmark directions would could help. If possible, have someone wait outside, or at a site where the emergency crews could have trouble with the directions (at the end of a long driveway, at a unmarked fork in the road, in front of an apartment complex, etc.), to guide them in more quickly. NEVER put yourself, nor anyone else at risk to do this!!!!
3) Your phone number. You could be accidentally cut off, or if for some reason you off the line with the 911 operator, this person can recontact you if needed for more information.
4) The Nature of the Emergency. There are many things that this could be. Some examples:
Heart Attack, Drowning, Vehicle Accident, Choking, Severe Bleeding, Suicide Attempt (in any number of ways), A Fall, Seizure, or any other NUMBER of medical emergencies.
5) How many people involved? If possible, give the victim's age (or approximate), and gender.
REMEMBER to always protect yourself FIRST, and use common sense!!
We've all learned ABC's in school. In fact, it's the first thing we learn. Well, in emergency situations, that's exactly what we need - ABC's, only with a slightly different meaning.
A= Airway. Learn how to correctly identify if the victim has an open and adequate airway.
B= Breathing. Learn how to correctly identify if the victim is breathing. (A tip: Look, Listen, & Feel. Meaning: Look for the victim's chest rising and falling. Listen for the sound of air being exchanged. It will help to put your ear near to the victim's mouth. Feel for that air exchange on your cheek, and you can also gently place a hand on the victim's chest to feel if it is rising and falling.
C= Circulation. Learn how to correctly identify if the the victim has a pulse, and where to check for it. It's called circulation because as the blood circulates through the body thanks to the heart, and that is what creates the pulse.
ALSO NOTE IF YOU SEE ANY SERIOUS BLEEDING, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! I will give tips on this further on.
MOVE THE VICTIM ONLY IF NECESSARY AS ANOTHER IMMEDIATE DANGER EXISTS!! OTHERWISE YOU MAY CREATE MORE INJURIES!!
DO NOT REMOVE ANY OBJECT WHICH MAY BE IMPALED (STUCK INTO) THE VICTIM. AGAIN, DOING SO COULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE, POSSIBLY EVEN DEATH!!
FIRST OFF, THIS IS FOR A BASIC BLEED, NOT ONE COMPLICATED BY BROKEN BONES.
Apply gauze, a piece of clothing, a towel, etc. (most preferable if clean!!!) over the affected area. Apply firm pressure over top of this for 10 minutes, or until the ambulance arrives and takes over. Do NOT let up, and if the blood soaks through, apply more of gauze or the material. Do NOT remove the other soaked dressings, just apply the new stuff over top of the old! Also you can elevate the extremity (arms or legs are extremities), but again this is for bleeds only (not with any possible fracture. If you have no medical training, you can cause more damage to a fractured extremity)!
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