3 Essential Tips for Responding to an In-Vehicle Emergency It can happen in the blink of an eye. You may find yourself responding to in-vehicle emergency which either involves yourself or other passengers. Whether there is a security threat to those inside the car or there is any medical emergency, it is essential to know what to do in such situation. Following are these three tips which will tell you what to do whenever there is an in-vehicle emergency: 1. Pull Over Immediately If Any Occupant is Unwell Every parent has been in a situation where their child feels unwell during a long drive. In some cases, such little complaints by passenger or child are not believed by the driver which results in medical emergency. When any passenger or
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You need to be aware of your surroundings at all times. Concentrate not only on what is happening in front of you, but also anticipate what may occur further on. You should always assume the worst; therefore constantly think of an escape route. Leave yourself an outlet. Surround your vehicle with space in front and at least on one side to escape any possible conflict. Also, think of possible situations which may arise. Such as, what if the car in front of you suddenly slams his brakes, what would or could you do? Being aware and anticipating possible occurrences will prepare you in making a split second decision.
If there is an accident carers should press the emergency alarms situated in every room this will bring instant assistance.
Parents lead busy lives. With a thousand errands to be taken care of, it can be tempting to leave a child in the car while ducking into the store or dropping off some dry cleaning. It can even be easy to completely forget that a child is in the car at all.
In today’s society, and even generations before us, kids safety is very important. Also, traveling in an automobile is
In the article Deaths in Hot Cars Nearly Triple, Steve Visser claims that the number of children who have died due to being left in hot car is quickly increasing in this year. There have been a lot of suggestions from experts about how to prevent these accidents, but a lot of similar cases still continue to happen. The claim of the article is explicit because it clearly and directly shows the topic which is the increase of hot-car deaths, the explanations, and the recommendations for the problem. The author gives some interview results to support his claim. For example, according to Amy Artuso, program manager for the council, there were 11 death cases in this year compared to 4 cases at the same time last year. Despite the fact that many parents
Lastly, it is important to know when to call 911 for help from EMS. However, to know when to call one must be able to tell
Emergencies- make sure all personnel is familiar with what to do in case of an accident
You inform the dispatcher that you’re en-route to the location responding in code three which is lights and sirens. When you arrive on the scene, you can see two seriously damaged vehicles and all you see is chaos. The two vehicles appear to be stuck together because they hit each other so hard. The coolant and oil is splattered all over the road and burning and boiling off of the still hot engines. You’re trained to give first aid and basic life support, you are silently thankful that an ambulance is already on the scene. You see a paramedic talking with a driver who is pinned inside the vehicle trying to keep them awake. You notice that the driver is covered in blood and has severe cuts all over his or her body. Firefighters arrive on the scene to use Jaws of Life to cut out the pinned in driver. The other driver in the other vehicle appears to be unresponsive and you see paramedics pulling the driver out of the vehicle to conduct CPR on the driver. The paramedics dispatch that they need flight care to pick up one of the seriously injured drivers. The ambulance takes the other driver to the hospital after being cut out of the vehicle. Flight care arrives on scene to pick up the severely injured driver. One of your main duties is to guard flight care from people and vehicles. Flight care
According to the article “Child Vehicular Stroke Fact Sheet” from KidsAndCars.org, “The average number of U.S. child vehicular heat stroke deaths is 37 per year.” That is one death of a child every nine days. Although, some individuals may or may not have unintentionally left their children in the car. A majority of parents that left their child in the vehicle unknowingly did it. However, there is a small percentage of parents that knowingly left their child unattended in the vehicle. In some cases, the child even entered the vehicle on their own without the parent or caregiver noticing in time. Statistics of child vehicular heat stroke deaths reveal that 54.25% of parents unknowingly left their child in the vehicle, 11.58% knowingly left their child in the vehicle, and 33.58% of the children entered the vehicle by themselves without parents or caregivers noticing in a reasonable amount of time (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). Some individuals, usually non-parents, believe that it is completely absurd to forget a child is in the vehicle. However, the most dangerous mistake a parent or caregiver can make is to think leaving a child alone in a vehicle could never happen to them or their family (Child Vehicular Heat Stroke). A heat stroke can be extremely lethal to young children if it is not recognized and treated in time.
Even though, the test results were the same as the paramedic advice, it did not change his perception; however, it helped me realized that people need to be educated and inform how healthcare is a constantly changing. For example, long back only physician could perform primary care and now we have PA and NP. I believe paramedic are trained to do basic care and have the obligation to take only patient with emergency need to reduce overcrowding in the
In the recent years, the United States government has been enforcing stricter mandates on auto manufacturers to create safer vehicles, and on construction companies to create safer roadways. Matthew Jensen wrote a dissertation for the Graduate School of Clemson University titled, A Methodology for the Analysis of In-vehicle Operating Data and Design of Intelligent Vehicle Systems for Improved Automotive Safety. In his abstract, Jensen evaluated the future of vehicle manufacturing and traffic-related incidents. Of course, every year more vehicles are manufactured, which in theory means the number of miles driven in vehicles increases. He points out how the World Health Organization (WHO) found that automobile crashes was the ninth
We've all heard the stories about a family or an individual that gets stuck out in the middle of a snowstorm in their vehicle or the woman that was driving along a highway in the Arizona desert and ran out of gas. Certainly, they required help and the assistance of a roadside emergency kit. You are probably very familiar with the basics that are required. For example, a first aid kit, flashlight, flares, water, blanket, energy bars, water, but there is something else that is worth considering. Here is more on the subject.
It’s a dark rainy night. You and your family are coming home from a late night family party. As a car is coming through an intersection another car cut in front of it. The driver decides to hit the brakes so you can avoid the car, but as he presses the brakes, the car loses control on the slick wet road. He is not able to gain control and at that point he has endangered the lives of himself and many others on the road. This is just one example of the many types of things that occur in our streets everyday. All that would have been needed to avoid this situation would have been a traction control system in his car, which would have detected that the car was skidding and would have applied the brakes to
The purpose of this policy is to ensure the safety of those individuals who drive company vehicles and to provide guidance on the proper use of company vehicles. Vehicle accidents are costly to our company, but more importantly, they may result in injury to you or others. It is the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner and to drive defensively to prevent injuries and property damage. As such, employers endorse all applicable state motor vehicle regulations relating to driver responsibility. Air Conditioning Solutions expects each driver to drive in a safe and courteous manner pursuant to the following safety rules. The attitude you take when behind the wheel is the single most important factor in driving safely.