Unit Two The Hospital - Project SHINE

After you call:1. DO NOT MOVE THE PERSON unless there is danger from fire.2. Keep the person warm and comfortable.3. Apply first aid if you know it.4. Stay with the person.5. Watch for the ambulance, policeman, or fireman.What is a medical emergency? An accident or sudden illness may be aMEDICAL EMERGENCY that needs immediate attention. These are someexamples of medical emergencies:- Not breathing or difficulty in breathing- Unconscious person (not awake)- Choking (stops breathing)- Severe bleeding or injury caused by a car, fall, gun, knifeQuestions: 2- Heart attack warning signs such as:1. What information * severe do you pain give in the when chest you call 9-1-1?2. What do you * do pain with that the goes person from in the emergency? chest into the arm, neck, or jaw* sweating or weakness, nausea or vomiting* pain that goes from the shoulders to the back2ESL Health Unit/Advanced Beginning, Unit Two: The Hospital 22