Lankenau Medical Center and Paoli Hospital are level II trauma centers equipped to handle injuries that are potentially life-threatening such as falls, automobile accidents and sports injuries. Even if you think you can get to the hospital faster in your own vehicle, please remember that the ambulance is equipped to start emergency care as soon as it arrives.
In this region, an ambulance usually arrives within about 10 minutes. The number to call for an ambulance in the United States is call When calling for an ambulance, do your best to remain calm and speak clearly.
Be prepared to:. We are not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made, or actions taken on this information. Never miss out on vital updates — sign up here for our weekly newsletter. Facebook Twitter. The following information aims to help you with this extremely difficult and critical decision: Always call an ambulance if the casualty is an elderly person, baby or very young child and you are seriously concerned.
Has a severe injury that is bleeding profusely and you are unable to stop with direct pressure on the wound. Is unconscious or unaware of what is going on around them or experiencing weakness, numbness or difficulty speaking. Has a seizure for the first time even if they seem to recover from it later.
You should phone an ambulance if someone is having a seizure and the fitting lasts longer than 3 minutes. Has a severe allergic reaction it is important to administer their adrenaline auto injector if they have one and then phone an ambulance immediately.
For a child or an elderly person: if they are burned and the burn is severe enough that you think it will need dressing — treat the burn under cool running water for a full 20 minutes and call an ambulance. Keep cooling the burn until the paramedics arrive — look out for signs of shock.
Click here for our Essential First Aid course What to do if someone falls Call an ambulance if someone has fallen from a height, been hit by something travelling at speed like a car , been undertaking some form of spinal manipulation, been hit with force whilst doing combat or contact sport and there is a possibility of a spinal injury Keep them completely still and get an ambulance on the way. If they are on their back, unconscious and breathing and you are concerned about their airway — very carefully roll them into the recovery position and then phone an ambulance.
Do this by very carefully log rolling them into the recovery position, without twisting their spine if at all possible. Ensure you have robust contingency plans in place to ensure you can get additional help to your treatment room in an emergency. If they are unconscious and not breathing, start CPR. Stay on the phone unless told to hang up.
These instructions will help the patient and the ambulance paramedics. As soon as the location and type of emergency is confirmed, an ambulance will be dispatched by the dispatch team.
The call taker will continue to ask more questions about the patient. The questions help the call-taker to prioritise the request for an ambulance promptly and determine whether the patient requires an alternative service or additional services such the Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance MICA paramedic skills.
You can download the Emergency Smartphone App and get information in other languages at the Triple Zero web site. Whilst the Call Handler is taking all the relevant information a Dispatcher will already be arranging the most appropriate help for the patient. In some cases, an Ambulance may arrive while you are still speaking with the Call Handler. During this time we might ask some additional questions to provide as much information as possible.
For medical advice please call Healthline on How to call an ambulance.
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