The characteristics of Red Cross emergency care are summarized as follows:
1. Assessing the scene environment: Ambulance workers need to quickly assess the scene environment and find out whether there are potential dangerous factors around, such as dumped furniture, broken glass, exposed wires and so on.
2. Ensure your own safety: After ensuring that the scene is safe, the ambulance crew needs to ensure their own safety. This includes wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) correctly, such as helmets, gloves, masks, etc., as well as taking necessary precautions, such as avoiding movement in hazardous environments.
3. Creating a safe environment: If there are hazards at the scene, paramedics need to take steps to eliminate or reduce them. This may include moving the injured person to a safer place, such as moving from a higher to a lower location to avoid secondary injuries.
II. Victim-centeredness
1. Rapid assessment: Paramedics need to quickly assess the victim's condition to understand their injuries, needs and reactions. This helps prioritize rescues and determine which injuries need immediate attention.
2. Provide basic care: Based on the results of the assessment, paramedics need to provide basic care, such as keeping the airway open, stopping bleeding and treating fractures. They also need to ensure that the victim is in a comfortable position and avoid any behavior that might aggravate the injury.
3. Stabilizing injuries: After the initial treatment, ambulance crews need to stabilize the injuries and prepare for subsequent medical treatment. This may include giving necessary medications, performing CPR, etc.
3. Extensive public participation
1. Training the public: The Red Cross and other ambulance organizations often provide basic first aid training courses to educate the public on how to handle common emergencies. These courses may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), stopping bleeding, dealing with broken bones, and so on.
2. Provision of first aid equipment: Ambulance agencies also provide the public with first aid equipment, such as tourniquets, bandages, splints, etc., so that people can use them in emergencies.
3. Encouraging public participation: The Red Cross and government agencies encourage the public to actively participate in ambulance operations during emergencies. The public can help in a safe manner and assist ambulance personnel to better handle emergencies