first aider
Trained initial responder
A first aider is someone trained to provide immediate medical assistance in emergencies before professional help arrives.
The term appears most often in British English and workplace contexts, where organizations are required to have designated first aiders on site: We need a first aider—someone's collapsed in the break room.
- responderOne who replies
- bandageWound covering strip
- CPREmergency revival technique
- mouth to mouthEmergency artificial respiration method
- emergencySerious sudden danger
emergency services · call for help · tourniquet · wound · bleeding · pressure bandage · rescue · stretcher · ambulance · compress · splint · triage · shock · pulse · vital signs · airway · gauze · trauma
- Rescuersfirefighter, paramedic, EMT, lifeguard, search and rescue
- Emergency MedicsEMT, paramedic, emergency physician, ER doctor, ER nurse
first aidertrauma surgeon
Doctor for life-threatening injuries
emergency physician · paramedic · consultant · anesthesiologist · neurosurgeon
first aidercasualty
Person harmed in disaster
victim · patient · accident victim · injured party · bystander
first aidersurgeon
Physician who operates
paramedic · consultant · medical expert · layperson · chief medical officer
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