Dealing with a medical emergency

Dr Kiran

On Friday 12th June, Dr Kiran was on the show talking about how to deal with medical emergencies. He gave reassurance, with a few simple steps to help save lives before emergency services arrive. Including how to deal with severe bleeds, performing CPR and using defibrillators.

For further advice on medical emergencies, see the St John Ambulance website here or the NHS website here.

If you want to find your nearest accessible bleed control kit or defibrillator, there are lots of maps online.

See one of the maps for bleed control kits here and one of the maps for defibrillators here.