First minutes: any emergency
DRAFT: not yet checked against the sources. When in doubt, ask a doctor or rescuers.
First minutes
- Stop, breathe. Look around: what threatens you right now (fire, water, collapse, electricity, weapons, vehicles).
- Your own safety first. Do not enter danger: a dead rescuer helps nobody.
- Check people. First those not breathing or bleeding heavily.
- Call for help. Point at one person: "You, in the red jacket, call an ambulance."
- No signal: send someone for help, remember the address and landmarks.
- Keep the injured warm, do not leave them alone, keep talking to them.
- Then: water, shelter, one-line message to family ("alive, here"), save phone battery.
Do NOT
- × Run in panic into the unknown.
- × Enter the danger zone for belongings.
- × Move a person with a possible neck/back injury unless fire or water threatens them.
- × Spread unverified rumours.
Next
Cards: severe bleeding, cardiac arrest, water. Local numbers and landmarks: place pack (in progress).
Source: general first-aid order (safety, assess, help); check against ERC Guidelines 2021, WHO, Red Cross