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    First responders are trained professionals like EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police who are first on the scene of emergencies. They provide immediate medical assistance until more advanced care arrives. Ambulances transport patients to hospitals and are equipped with supplies to stabilize patients. Basic life support involves initial care like CPR while advanced life support provides critical interventions like medications. Accident and emergency units in hospitals are equipped to treat a wide range of injuries with supplies, equipment, and specialized facilities depending on the hospital type.

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    First responders are trained professionals like EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police who are first on the scene of emergencies. They provide immediate medical assistance until more advanced care arrives. Ambulances transport patients to hospitals and are equipped with supplies to stabilize patients. Basic life support involves initial care like CPR while advanced life support provides critical interventions like medications. Accident and emergency units in hospitals are equipped to treat a wide range of injuries with supplies, equipment, and specialized facilities depending on the hospital type.

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    First responders are trained professionals like EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police who are first on the scene of emergencies. They provide immediate medical assistance until more advanced care arrives. Ambulances transport patients to hospitals and are equipped with supplies to stabilize patients. Basic life support involves initial care like CPR while advanced life support provides critical interventions like medications. Accident and emergency units in hospitals are equipped to treat a wide range of injuries with supplies, equipment, and specialized facilities depending on the hospital type.

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    First Responder

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    First responders are trained professionals like EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police who are first on the scene of emergencies. They provide immediate medical assistance until more advanced care arrives. Ambulances transport patients to hospitals and are equipped with supplies to stabilize patients. Basic life support involves initial care like CPR while advanced life support provides critical interventions like medications. Accident and emergency units in hospitals are equipped to treat a wide range of injuries with supplies, equipment, and specialized facilities depending on the hospital type.

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    The First

    Responder
    Tiffany Familia 23-0000
    Content to develop
    What is a First Responder?
    Types of First Responder. First Responder Equipment. Purpose
    of Emergency Medical Service.

    What an ambulance is and its


    function.
    What is basic life support? (BLS)What is advanced life support?
    (ALS)

    Equipment, apparatus, and

    Accident and Emergency Unit

    medical supplies in an

    Types of Hospital.
    introduction
    First Responders are vital in emergencies,
    offering immediate assistance that can save lives.
    Trained professionals, they're the first to arrive at
    accident or medical crisis scenes. This will cover
    the concept of First Responders, their types,
    equipment, the role of Emergency Medical Services
    (EMS), ambulance functions, Basic Life Support (BLS)
    versus Advanced Life Support (ALS), and the essential
    gear in Accident and Emergency Units. We'll also
    touch on various types of hospitals where
    emergency care is provided. Let's explore the world
    of First Responders and emergency medical services.
    What is a First Responder?
    A First Responder is a trained individual who is
    the first to arrive at the scene of an emergency.
    Their primary duty is to provide immediate
    assistance and care to those in need, stabilizing
    the situation until more advanced medical help
    arrives.
    Types of First
    Responder:

    Emergency medical
    Paramedics technicians (EMTs) Firefighters Police Trained civilians.
    Paramedics are Are healthcare Firefighters are
    responders trained
    officers
    Police officers are Trained civilians
    individuals with CPR
    highly trained providers trained to first law enforcement are
    medical administer immediate to combat fires and personnel with and first aid skills
    professionals medical care at provide emergency basic medical
    accident aid training
    scenes.
    First Responder
    equipment

    You will probably carry little


    in the way of emergency care
    equipment, tools and supplies.
    You may have access to some
    equipment, however, and a
    good knowledge of ideal Jack
    equipment will allow you to Gloves
    use, the following items: Screwdrivers
    Jack handle
    Tools to reach the Hammer
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    patient. Knife
    Rope
    Purpose of emergency medical service:
    which are used to represent the six stages of high quality pre-
    hospital care, which are:

    Emergency inedicalservices exists to 1. Earlydetection


    fulfill the basic principles of first aid, -members of the public, or another agency, find the
    incident and understand the problem
    which are to Preserve Life, Preveit
    Further Injury, and Promote Recovery. T
    2. Early reporting
    his common theme in medicine is -the first persons on scene make a call to the emergency
    medical services and provide details to enable a response
    demonstrated by the "star of life". The to bemounted
    Star of Life shown here, where each of
    the 'arms' to the star represent one of 3. Early response
    the six points. -the first professional (EMS) rescuers arrive on scene
    as quickly as possible, enabling care to begin

    4. Good on-scene care


    -the emergency medical service provides appropriate
    and timely interventions to treat the patient at the
    scene of the incident
    5. Care in 6. Transfer to
    transit definitive care
    -the emergency -the patient is
    medical service handed over to an
    load the patient in appropriate care
    to suitable …….. setting, such as the
    transport and
    continue to provide emergency
    appropriate medical department at a
    care throughout hospital, in to the
    the journey care of physicians
    What is an ambulance
    and its function:
    WHAT IS AN FUNCTION
    AMBULANCE
    It's staffed by EMTs or
    An ambulance is a specially paramedics who can
    equipped vehicle used for administer care en route.
    transporting patients to Ambulances are equipped
    hospitals or medical with medical supplies and
    facilitie equipment necessary for
    stabilizing patients during
    s.
    transport.
    Basic life support (BLS):
    First responder
    BLS refers to the fundamental life-saving skills and
    Ambulance driver
    care
    provided to individuals in emergency situations. Some jurisdictions employ ambulance
    A FR is the initial person trained in basic life support drivers
    who whose primary responsibility is to operate
    the
    arrives at an emergency scene. They can be dispatched
    by ambulance.
    the ambulance service or may be individuals with some
    medical training, such as CPR, first aid, and AED use.

    SWOT Emergencymedical technician/ dispacher


    Ambulance care assistant An Emergency Medical Dispatcher, also known as an
    ACAs have varying levels of training EMD, is an essential component of the EMS system.
    These highly trained dispatch personnel play a
    role is patient transport, including cases
    crucial
    worldwide. In some countries, their primary role by offering "pre-arrival" instructions to
    individuals
    involving stretchers or wheelchairs, rather reporting medical emergencies. EMTs possess diverse
    than acute medical care. emergency care skills, including automated
    defibrillation,
    spinal injury care, and oxygen therapy.
    S.O.S

    What is advanced life support?


    (ALS)
    ALS involves more advanced medical interventions
    provided by paramedics or specialized responders.
    This includes administering medications, intubation,
    and monitoring vital signs. ALS is typically
    employed for more critical medical situations.
    Equipment, apparatus,
    Accident and Emergency Units in hospitals are
    equipped with a wide range of medical supplies and
    and medical
    equipment, including diagnostic tools, surgical supplies in an Accident
    instruments, ventilators, and emergency and Emergency Unit.
    medications. This allows them to address a broad
    spectrum of medical emergencies.

    ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY UNIT


    GURNEY AND STERILIZED GAUZE
    WHEELCHAIR AND OXYGEN TANKS AND HOLDERS
    Pediatric nebulizer

    Blood pressuereaparatus

    Digital BP cuff
    Types OF
    HOSPITAL
    .
    Some patients go to a hospital just for
    diagnosis, treatment, or therapy and
    then leave ('outpatients') without
    staying overnight; while others are
    'admitted' and stay overnight or for
    several days or weeks or months
    ('inpatients'). Hospitals usually are
    distinguished from other types of
    medical facilities by their ability to
    admit and care for inpatients whilst
    the others often are described as
    clinics.
    Specialized
    General Types of specialized hospitals include
    The best-known type of trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals,
    children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric)
    hospital is the general
    hospital, which is set
    Distric hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with
    up to deal with many specific medical needs such as psychiatric
    kinds of disease and t
    A district hospital
    typically is the major
    problems (see psychiatric hospital),
    injury, and normally certain disease categories such as
    health care facility in
    has an emergency cardiac, oncology, or
    its region, with large
    department to deal with orthopedic problems, and so forth
    numbers of beds for
    immediate and urgent intensive care and long-
    threats to health. term care.
    Teaching Clinics
    A teaching hospital
    The medical facility smaller than a
    combines assistance to
    hospital is generally called a clinic,
    people with teaching to
    and often is run by a government
    medical students and
    agency for health services or a
    nurses and often is
    private partnership of physicians (in
    linked to a medical
    nations where private practiseis
    school, nursing school
    allowed). Clinics generally provide
    or only outpatient services.
    university.
    Thank you

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