What is Medical emergency?
{{no sources}} A '''medical emergency''' is an [[injury]] or [[illness]] that poses an immediate threat to a person's long-term health or life. It needs to be treated immediately. Doctors that are trained in [[emergency medicine]] are taught how to react to medical emergencies, and often have to [[resuscitation|resuscitate]] patients. ==Response== === Calling emergency services (numbers) === When there is a medical emergency, [[emergency medical services]] should be notified as soon as possible by calling for help using a local [[emergency telephone number]], such as ''[[9-1-1|911]]'' in the [[United States]] or [[Canada]], ''[[1-1-2|112]]'' in most of continental [[Europe]] and on [[GSM]] [[Mobile phone|cell phones]], ''[[9-9-9|999]]'' in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and most of its former colonies (112 works as well, and 111 calls non-urgent emergency services), ''15'' in [[France]], ''118'' in [[Italy]], ''119'' in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]], ''[[0-0-0|000]]'' in Australia, ''101'' in [[Israel]] and ''111'' in [[New Zealand]]. Calls to emergency services are usually free of charge; they can be made from any phone; in the case of a prepaid phone no credit is required. === Emergency services responders === The people that answer emergency calls, [[emergency medical dispatcher]]s, will ask questions about the person who needs immediate treatment; some of the questions are whether the person is [[consciousness|conscious]], how badly injured they are, their name if it is known, and if they have any other illnesses. They will also ask some basic information about the called, such as the name of the person calling. Many countries have laws that require anyone to [[Duty to rescue|help those in immediate danger]]. Help can mean as little as alerting emergency services, or telling other people that the person is having a problem. People that know [[first aid]] are expected to help as much as they can. Moving the victim to a safe place can sometimes do more harm than good, and should be left to people that know how