999 Emergency Ambulance Guidelines
Should I call for an ambulance?RING 999 for an Ambulance if you answer
YES To any of the questions below |
SEVERE CHEST PAIN
• Is the patient unconscious?
• Has the patient got a history of heart problems?
• Is the pain a crushing pain like a band around the chest?
• Is the pain moving into the jaw or arms?
• Does the patient feel sick?
• Is the patient sweating or clammy?
• Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
UNCONSCIOUS
• Is the patient unconscious?
SEMI-CONSCIOUS (or 'floppy' baby or child)
• Is the patient semi-conscious or floppy with any other of the following symptoms - Difficult to wake? Stiff neck? Severe headache? Child with a high pitched whimpering cry? Purple or blood coloured rash? Photo-phobic?
• Is the patient a diabetic? Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
• Is the patient having chest pains?
• Has the patient got a history of heart problems?
OVERDOSE AND SEMI-CONSCIOUS
• Is the patient unconscious or very drowsy?
• Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
OVERDOSE AND FULLY CONSCIOUS
• Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
• Is the patient a danger to himself?
• Is the patient a danger to others?
SEVERE BREATHLESSNESS OR COLLAPSE
• Is the patient unconscious?
• Is the patient blue around the lips?
• Has the patient inhaled anything or choked on anything?
• Has the patient got chest pains?
• Is the patient unable to speak in sentences?
• Has the patient ever had a severe allergic reaction?
SEVERE BLEEDING AND COLLAPSE
• Is the patient unconscious?
• Is the patient semi-conscious?
• Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
• Has the patient received a crushing or penetrating injury to head, neck, chest, abdo or thigh?
• Is the bleeding uncontrollable?
SERIOUS HEAD INJURY / R.T.A.
• Is the patient unconscious?
• Is the patient having breathing difficulties?
• Is the patient fitting?
• Has the patient received a crushing or penetrating injury to head, neck, chest, abdo or thigh?
EPILEPSY / FITTING
• Is the patient still fitting? Is this the patient's first fit?
• Has the patient received a serious injury to the head?
