Learn – What should you do while waiting for an ambulance?

1. Stay calm and think sensibly – First aid is common sense, you just have to stay calm enough to have it.

2. Manage any hazards to yourself the patient or others – Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, look around. Don’t have tunnel vision.

3. If unresponsive and breathing OK, manage the unconscious patients’ airway by log rolling them into the recovery position

4. If unresponsive and not breathing, commence CPR

5. If responsive, assess the patient and use your first aid skills to treat any other injuries

The 10 vital lifesaving first aid skills will help you in an emergency situation to manage a patient until the ambulance arrives, but they are not a substitute for good emergency first aid and CPR training.

Remember to call 000 for an Ambulance as soon as possible to get help coming to you as soon as possible. A phone app like emergency plus will help to geolocate you for emergency services in Australia.

“There are generally 3 important principals to remote first aid or wilderness first aid or situations where help might be delayed in reaching you

1. One patient is enough; take no unnecessary risks that may cause additional casualties.
2. Providing care in austere environments is important, but recognising who needs to get to a hospital is critical.
3. That while this training is beneficial, it does not equal the depth of knowledge required to make difficult clinical judgements in remote or austere environments. But it does help us realise our skills and limitations and when we need to call for help and importantly. How best to do that in a way that emergency services can easily locate you through the Emergency Plus phone App with its “what three word functionality“

Free First Aid Emergency First Aid Community Education and Training Session in your community.

International Paramedic College has a strong focus on local communities, and we run a number of free courses & programs in our local community in regional Australia.

Our “What to do until the Ambulance Arrives” is a free 3-hour program that we have developed which runs through a basic emergency management plan and includes CPR. The importance of managing major bleeding and what to do with an unconscious patient to protect their airway.

Contact us to discuss if we can run this first aid community education program for local community groups such as;

• Local schools
• Local community groups
• Churches
• Childcare groups
• Volunteer groups
• Disability and respite care groups 

Our free community programs could be part of your community activity or fund-raising, but are not a replacement for accredited First Aid or CPR courses and so do not include a first aid or CPR certificate.

Registration is available for any current “What to do until the ambulance arrives course from the registration page” below

Register now and book online for  “what to do until the ambulance arrives” courses here.

Download free emergency wall charts and posters.

International Paramedic College provides a range of free wall charts you can download.

DRSABCD Action Plan

Bites and Stings Management

Choking management

Workplace Emergency Action plan

AED Location Sign

Our “What to do until the Ambulance Arrives” is a free 3-hour program that we have developed which runs through a basic emergency management plan and includes CPR and AED use. The importance of managing major bleeding and what to do with an unconscious patient to protect their airway.

Contact us to discuss if we can run this first aid community education program for local community groups such as;

• Local schools
• Local community groups
• Churches
• Childcare groups
• Volunteer groups
• Disability and respite care groups 

Our free community programs could be part of your community activity or fund-raising, but are not a replacement for accredited First Aid or CPR courses and so do not include a first aid or CPR certificate.

Registration is available for any current “What to do until the ambulance arrives course from the registration page” below

Register now and book online for  “what to do until the ambulance arrives” courses here.

Free Online Courses Education and Refresher Training

You can subscribe to our Utube channel here and International Paramedic College also provides a series of online links and resources as part of continuing professional development and to support the continuous education, learning and skills of our students which can be accessed from our news blog here.