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Informing Emergency Personnel
Emergency personnel will need the following information:
• Location of accident (e.g. address, front/back of building).
• Nature of accident (e.g. possible heart attack, run over by car, burns).
• Approximate age of victim (e.g. baby, teenager, middle-age, elderly).
• Whether or not victim has received first aid (e.g. stopped bleeding by pressure).
• Whether or not victim has vomited (e.g. if swallowed or inhaled something).
Warning:
Oxygen may be needed at scene if gasoline has been ingested or inhaled. Seek medical
advice immediately.
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