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RING
999
for an Ambulance if you answer YES To any of the questions
below.
SEVERE
CHEST PAIN
UNCONSCIOUS
SEMI-CONSCIOUS
(or 'floppy' baby or child)
OVERDOSE
AND SEMI-CONSCIOUS
OVERDOSE
AND FULLY CONSCIOUS
SEVERE
BREATHLESSNESS OR COLLAPSE
SEVERE
BLEEDING AND COLLAPSE
EPILEPSY
/ FITTING
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? 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, abdomen or thigh?
Is
the bleeding uncontrollable?
EPILEPSY
/ FITTING
Is
the patient still fitting?
Is
this the patient's first fit?
Has
the patient received a serious injury to the head?
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