first aid responder

Initial medical assistance

A first aid responder is someone trained to provide immediate medical assistance at the scene of an emergency before professional medical help arrives.

The term covers both certified personnel like EMTs and ordinary people with basic training: The company requires at least one first aid responder on every shift.

Distinguished from first responders, who are professional emergency services personnel.

Related
  • paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
  • EMTPrehospital care professional
  • ambulanceEmergency medical transport
  • call 911Contact emergency services
  • CPREmergency revival technique

bandage · stretcher · trauma · emergency · triage · golden hour · basic life support · defibrillator · stop the bleeding · bleeding · tourniquet · pulse · airway · rescue · shock · splint · neck brace · gauze

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Physician who operates

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Physician who operates

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One harmed by another

casualty · accident victim · patient · injured party · trauma patient

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