first aid
Let an agent route emergencies to emergency services first, relay first aid guidance from recognised authorities, explain first aid principles and training, and describe workplace and legal requirements.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Act Emergency now.
Call
Calling for help.
Call
Calling.
- Is an emergency happening now, and has the emergency number been called before anything else? boundary
- What steps do recognised guidelines give for this situation while help is on the way? provenance
Common
Common emergencies.
Common
Common.
- What do authorities advise for bleeding, choking, burns, unconsciousness and cardiac arrest? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific emergency? action
Understand Principles.
Principles
Principles and priorities.
Principles
Principles.
- What are the aims and priorities of first aid, and how are scene safety and assessment approached? provenance
- Which entry fits basic life support? action
Kits
Kits and equipment.
Kits
Kits.
- What should first aid kits contain, and what equipment such as defibrillators and emergency showers matters? provenance
- Which entry fits defibrillators? action
Train Training and requirements.
Training
Training.
Training
Training.
- How can people learn first aid, and which courses and certifications are recognised? provenance
- Which entry fits first aid organisations? action
Law
Legal requirements.
Law
Law.
- What first aid provision do workplaces and public venues require, and how do Good Samaritan laws protect helpers? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did first aid develop from battlefield care and early ambulance associations? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can first aid be taught in schools and communities? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- emergency shower, Margarethenschrank, Emergency medical services in Italy, pre-hospital care, SMURD, recovery position, Holger Nielsen Method, first aid in illness and injury, dispatcher-assisted first aid, basic life support, Helmet removal, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What it is Filled
The immediate assistance given to a person who is injured or suddenly ill before professional medical care is available, aimed at preserving life, preventing deterioration and promoting recovery through actions such as calling for help, controlling bleeding, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the recovery position, treating burns and using emergency showers and first aid kits; first aid is taught in standardised courses and guided by international consensus, while requirements for its provision in workplaces and public places depend on the jurisdiction.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent route emergencies to emergency services first, relay first aid guidance from recognised authorities, explain first aid principles and training, and describe workplace and legal requirements.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Bystander action
- Standardised guidance
- Training and certification
- Legal requirements
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Delay calling emergency services in a serious emergency.
- Give instructions that go beyond first aid, such as invasive procedures or prescription medicines.
- Move an injured person when spinal injury is possible, unless movement is necessary to escape immediate danger, manage the airway or provide resuscitation.
- Share images or details of an injured person without consent, except the minimum information necessary for emergency services to provide emergency care when consent cannot be obtained.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding to stop resuscitation.
- Treating a person who refuses help.
May
- Call emergency services and give them clear location and condition details.
- Guide a bystander through first aid using instructions from recognised first aid organisations.
- Point people to certified first aid training.
Moral aspects Filled
- Fast, correct first aid saves lives; wrong advice can worsen injuries.
- Injured people are vulnerable and their dignity must be protected.
Who is affected
- Injured and ill people
- Bystanders and first aiders
- Emergency services
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a practice; first aid organisations set training standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q73041307 - registry parent class
- Q7595735 - registry parent class
- Q796194 - registry parent class
- Q860447 - registry parent class
related
- emergency treatment - category
- medical procedure - category
- emergency medical services - the professional service that follows
- emergency - situations requiring first aid
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.first-aid
- Wikidata: Q133981 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133981)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Immediate care by bystanders or first responders
- Preserve life, prevent deterioration, promote recovery
- Emergency medical services provide professional pre-hospital care
- Not physical as a concept; kits, courses and actions.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- route emergencies first
- relay authoritative guidance
- explain principles and training
- describe requirements
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Delaying the call to emergency services
- Outdated or incorrect techniques
- Agents substituting for emergency services
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- International resuscitation and first aid guidelines
- Workplace first aid regulations
- Good Samaritan and duty of care laws
Context of use required Filled
- Immediate care before professional help.
- basic life support and resuscitation
- first aid for injuries and bleeding
- first aid for medical emergencies
- workplace and wilderness first aid
- psychological first aid
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q133981: first aid - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: First aid - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should resuscitation be a separate entry?
- How should national first aid bodies be linked?
- How should guidelines be kept current?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q133981/spec.json