What To Do in Case of Emergency!
- 1 - Remain calm
- Dial 911 and state the nature of your emergency
- 2 - Give the location to the dispatcher (name of the residence and directions)
- To help the ambulance crew quickly locate the scene, also include descriptions
- such as the color of the house, identifying landmarks, road intersections, and distances to the dispatcher.
- 3 - Give your name and the phone number from where you are calling.
- Do not hang up until the dispatcher has obtained all the necessary information.
- 4 - Wait outside to direct the ambulance volunteers to the patient.
- Volunteers may have blue/green flashing lights on their cars.
- 5 - Leave your car near the road with its emergency lights flashing.
- At night please turn on all outside lights around the house.
- 6 - If you have any doubts that the situation is an emergency, CALL!
- The ambulance will be dispatched and our Emergency Medical Technicians
- will properly evaluate the situation when they arrive at the scene.
Personal Safety Tip
Set ICE as a Contact Entry in your cell phone.
"ICE" stands for "In Case of Emergency".
If you become injured and are unable to communicate, having an ICE entry in your cell phone could help to save your life.
Rescuers will be able to look at your cell phone and contact the ICE entry, notifying them that there is a problem and get reliable information about you.
To provide a little more information to rescuers, you can have multiple entries, such as ICE-John or ICE-Amy.
This will also give a name to identify the person that the rescuer would be calling. Having multiple entries also increases the rescuer's chances of getting someone on the phone.
You should make prior arrangements with the person you use as your ICE contact, or at least let them know, so that they will cooperate with emergency personnel. Ideally, the ICE person should be able to provide family contact information, your physician's name, and be aware of your medical history, allergies, and so on.
While ICE on your cell phone is one good way to provide emergency contact information, you should also have the same ICE contact information in your purse or wallet in case your cell phone is damaged or otherwise unaccessible at the time of the emergency.