Crisis Response

Medical Emergency: When Ambulance Is Delayed

Someone's hurt. Ambulance is 20+ minutes away or not coming. You're the medical system now. Here's what happens.

Hours for acute events, days to weeks for system overload
Typical Duration
Individual emergencies common, mass casualty events rare but devastating
Occurrence
Critical - minutes determine outcomes for trauma, seconds for airway obstruction
Severity
0 of 7 scenes complete

The First Aid Kit Test

immediate
⏱️0.5 hours

Go find your first aid kit right now. Time yourself. Under 30 seconds or digging through closets? Open it. Band-aids, aspirin, tweezers from 2015. Now imagine: someone cut themselves deeply. Blood everywhere. What in that kit actually helps?

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Which first-aid tools do you already have?

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MEDICATION SUPPLY: How many days of prescription medications does your household have?

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Something Goes Wrong

emergency
⏱️0.25 hours

Kitchen accident. Deep cut. Blood pulsing out. You dial 911. Dispatcher says ambulance is coming. Suburban: 15-25 minutes. Rural: 30-45 minutes. Severe bleeding kills in 3-5 minutes. You are the medical system for those minutes.

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MEDICAL TRAINING: What emergency medical training do you have? (Check all that apply)

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DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS: What medical monitoring equipment do you have? (Check all)

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Stabilization Phase

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⏱️6 hours

Ambulance arrived. But imagine it didn't - mass casualty, pandemic, disaster. You're doing medical care at home now. Wound needs cleaning, dressing changes, infection monitoring. Who on your street has medical training?

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NEIGHBORHOOD MEDICAL: Do you know which neighbors have medical training?

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Extended Home Care

days_1_3
⏱️72 hours

Hospital overwhelmed. Wait times 8+ hours. They send you home with basic instructions. Patient needs monitoring - temperature, blood pressure, wound checks. Family becomes medical staff. Three households with capability supporting 10 households total.

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In a neighborhood medical network, what role could YOU play?

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Network Medicine

extended
⏱️168 hours

Week into crisis. Neighborhood adapted. Daily medical rounds established. Nurse visits 4 households each morning. Training happening organically. 1 nurse supporting 10 households. Professional system exists for true emergencies - but 80% of needs handled through network.

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This scenario revealed gaps. What's your #1 medical preparedness priority?

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