EMERGENCY RESPONSE protocols and terminologies.pptx

basic emergency preparedness terms

1. EMERGENCY RESPONSE

2. EMERGENCY SCENARIO An emergency is a situation demanding immediate action. An emergency can happen at any place (on the road, in your home, where you work), to anyone (a friend, relative, stranger) and at any time. This text provides you with basic first aid information and skills so that you will recognize and respond to any emergency appropriately. Your response may help save a life

3. TYPES OF EMERGENCIES SUDDEN ILLNESS is a physical condition that requires immediate medical attention. Examples of sudden illness include a heart attack and a severe allergic reaction. INJURY is damage to the body from an external force, such as a broken bone from a fall.

4. CATEGORY OF EMERGENCIES A life-threatening emergency is an illness or injury that impairs a victim’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood to all the parts of his or her body. A non-life-threatening emergency is a situation that does not have an immediate impact on a victim’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood, but still requires medical attention.

5. YOUR ROLE IN AN EMERGENCY The emergency medical services (EMS) system is a network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to victims of life-threatening injury or sudden illness. Think of the EMS system as a chain made up of several links. Each link depends on the others for success. Without the involvement of citizen responders such as you, the EMS system cannot function effectively.

6. KEY TERMS Barriers to action: Reasons for not acting or for hesitating to act in an emergency situation. Citizen responder: A layperson (someone who does not have special or advanced medical training or skill) who recognizes an emergency and decides to act. Emergency: A situation requiring immediate action. Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel: Trained and equipped community-based personnel who provide emergency care for ill or injured victims and who are often dispatched through a local emergency number. Emergency medical services (EMS) system: A network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to victims of injury or sudden illness. Emergency medical technician (EMT): A person who has successfully completed a stateapproved emergency medical technician training program. The levels of EMTs are the EMTBasic , EMT-Intermediate and EMT-Paramedic. First aid: Immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness until more advanced care can be obtained. First responder: A person trained in emergency care that may be called on to give such care as a routine part of his or her job. Good Samaritan laws: Laws that protect people who willingly give first aid without accepting anything in return. Injury: Damage that occurs when the body is subjected to an external force, such as a blow, a fall, a collision, an electrical current or temperature extremes. Life-threatening emergency: An illness or injury that impairs a victim’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood to all the parts of his or her body. Non-life-threatening emergency: A situation that does not have an immediate impact on a victim’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood, but still requires medical attention. Sudden illness: A physical condition requiring immediate medical attention