Medical Emergency
If there is a medical emergency in the work area:
- Notify the Office of Campus and Community Safety Services at extension 5444 or 5445 and stay on the phone until instructed to hang up.
- Be prepared to give as much information as possible, such as nature of injury, cause of injury and any hazards that may be present.
- If properly trained, render first aid.
- Make the ill or injured person as comfortable as possible and try to be reassuring.
- Direct any onlookers away from the area of the ill or injured person.
- Clear the area of any objects that might impede rescue or interfere with emergency personnel.
- Notify the victim's immediate supervisor as quickly as possible of any on-the-job injury or illness.
