The First Five Things To Do In An Emergency. A Thread. Every situation is different and this is a guideline. Always make sure your priority is safety for yourself first, then others. You can’t help others if you don’t take care of yourself. #Emergency #disaster #accident
First:
Do a First Aid triage of yourself. Breathing. Bleeding. Broken.
Are you stabilized?
Can you move?
Assess the immediate situation. Take charge.
If in immediate danger, get to a safe place
What are the priorities of threats?
Do a First Aid triage of yourself. Breathing. Bleeding. Broken.
Are you stabilized?
Can you move?
Assess the immediate situation. Take charge.
If in immediate danger, get to a safe place
What are the priorities of threats?
Second:
Call for help. Dial 911. Yell. Blow a whistle. Tap on a pipe with a piece of metal. Whatever is appropriate to the event. If you’re performing CPR, yell at someone nearby to call for help. Tell them what to say.
Call for help. Dial 911. Yell. Blow a whistle. Tap on a pipe with a piece of metal. Whatever is appropriate to the event. If you’re performing CPR, yell at someone nearby to call for help. Tell them what to say.
If you talk to a dispatcher, give a succinct summary of the situation: Location; what the emergency is; how many casualties and estimate of condition; any potential threats.
If it is a mass casualty event, let them know that right away as the response will be different.
If it is a mass casualty event, let them know that right away as the response will be different.
Third:
Do a First Aid Triage of others. Triage comes from the French word ‘to sort’. The goal is to rapidly assess and prioritize a number of injured individuals and do the most good for the most people. The key here is it is not to do the best for every individual.
Do a First Aid Triage of others. Triage comes from the French word ‘to sort’. The goal is to rapidly assess and prioritize a number of injured individuals and do the most good for the most people. The key here is it is not to do the best for every individual.
Make sure the injured are not in imminent danger.
How many are injured? How badly?
Who can assist you?
Can assistance get to you?
How many are injured? How badly?
Who can assist you?
Can assistance get to you?
Can the wounded by moved if they have to be? Do you have the means to move them?
If immediate help is on the way, don’t take any unnecessary risks. Don’t move an injured person unless they are in immediate danger. Don’t treat past life-saving measures.
If immediate help is on the way, don’t take any unnecessary risks. Don’t move an injured person unless they are in immediate danger. Don’t treat past life-saving measures.
Fourth:
Assess the environment. Can you stay or need to leave? Do you have adequate shelter where you are? If you’re staying, at home, at the IRP, ERP, work, school, inventory your supplies and gather what you can. Focus on water, communication, food and medical.
Assess the environment. Can you stay or need to leave? Do you have adequate shelter where you are? If you’re staying, at home, at the IRP, ERP, work, school, inventory your supplies and gather what you can. Focus on water, communication, food and medical.
Fifth:
Once in a safe place, assess the overall situation and make long-term plans.
All of this is covered in more detail in The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide. amzn.to/3BYEq5E
Once in a safe place, assess the overall situation and make long-term plans.
All of this is covered in more detail in The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide. amzn.to/3BYEq5E
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