Pre-hospital first aid refers to the first aid for patients with acute and serious illnesses outside the hospital. In a broad sense, pre-hospital first aid refers to the emergency resuscitation of the patient at the scene by the medical personnel or witnesses at the time of the onset of the disease, while in a narrower sense, it refers to the medical activities of on-site resuscitation and on-the-way supervision carried out by professional first aid organizations with communication equipment, transportation and medical basic elements before the patient arrives at the hospital.
During this period, the first discoverer/rescuer should first take some necessary measures to keep the patient in a relatively stable state; call the emergency center, call for an ambulance and wait for the ambulance to arrive.
After the ambulance arrives, the EMTs will take a number of steps to slow down the patient's condition and prolong his or her life so that he or she will be in a better position to be treated when he or she arrives at the hospital.
For example, the use of portable cardiac pacemakers, ambulance oxygen systems, tracheotomy and other means of cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene; for trauma disinfection, bandaging; the use of first aid immobilization equipment for the possible fracture of the part of the temporary fixed and so on.
Expanded information:
Pre-hospital emergency features:
1, randomness?
Patients call for help at any time, most of the callers can not say the patient's situation, the diversity of diseases, major accidents or disasters with unpredictability, therefore, requires ambulance personnel to fully grasp the first aid operational techniques and have strong verbal communication skills.
2, a call for help immediately?
On arrival at the scene immediately rescue or transportation, to do the first robbery after sending, fully reflecting the "time is life" of the urgency of the requirements of the ambulance staff must have a good psychological quality, to do calm, cool, decisive.
3, strong mobility?
The pre-hospital emergency service area is wide, including developed transportation routes, tourism (foreign-related) areas, can be the nearest factory, school or residential area, but also across the region, across the county, the major disasters and accidents for reinforcement.
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