recognizing medical emergencies…

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stopping bleeding, direct pressure, stopping bleeding, a tourniquet, stopping bleeding, pressure, ice, neck pulse, medical emergencies, how to recognize them according, american college of emergency physicians, warning signs of a medical emergency, fainting, loss of consciousness, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, chokingcontinuous bleeding, coughing up, vomiting blood, suicidal, homicidal feelings, severe, persistent vomiting, chest pain, upper abdominal pain, pressure, change in mental status, unusual behavior, confusion, difficulty arousing, head, spine injury, sudden, severe pain anywhere, sudden dizziness, weakness, change in vision, ingestion of a poisonous substance, sudden injury, motor vehicle accident, burns, smoke inhalation, near drowing, deep, large wound, what to, remain calm, start cpr, rescue breathing, know the proper technique, know the location, quickest route, nearest emergency department, keep emergency phone numbers posted by the phone, everyone in household, children, should know, how to call these numbers, numbers include police, fire department, poinson control center, ambulance services, doctors' numbers, contact numbers, work, neighbor, nearby friend, relative, know at which hospitals, doctor practices, practical, go to that facility in an emergency, upon arriving at an emergency room, evaluated, life-, limb-threatening conditions, not life-, limb-threatening, have to wait, wear a medical identification tag, chronic condition, look, one on a person who has any, the symptoms mentioned, obtain a personal emergency response system, elderly, y ou live alone, place a semiconscious, unconscious person, in the recovery position, ambulance arrives, not move the person, has been a neck injury, call local emergency number, an ambulance, person's condition is life-threatening, a heart attack, severe allergic reaction, moving the person could cause further injury, in case of a neck injury, motor vehicle accident, distance, traffic conditions might cause a delay in getting the victim, hospital, person needs the skills, equipment of paramedics, person's condition could, become life-threatening on the way, hospital, shortness of breath.