wildwanderer wrote:
If you or a member of your party has a severe allergic reaction. (potentially caused by insect bite/ reaction to pollen or plants, food or other cause)
[*]The first signs of an anaphylactic reaction may look like typical allergy symptoms: a runny nose or a skin rash. But within about 30 minutes, more serious signs appear.
[*]There is usually more than one of these serious signs: Coughing ; wheezing; and pain, itching, or tightness in your chest ; Fainting, dizziness, confusion, or weakness ; Hives; a rash; and itchy, swollen, or red skin ; Runny or stuffy nose and sneezing ; Shortness of breath or trouble breathing and rapid heartbeat ; Swollen or itchy lips or tongue ; Swollen or itchy throat, hoarse voice, trouble swallowing, tightness in your throat ; Vomiting, diarrhea, or cramps ; Weak pulse, paleness
[*]What to do – Ask if the affected individual has an EpiPen (Epinephrine). People with severe allergies will often carry one. Apply EpiPen as per patient’s instruction. Keep patient calm and comfortable as possible.
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Wollemi wrote:wildwanderer wrote:
If you or a member of your party has a severe allergic reaction. (potentially caused by insect bite/ reaction to pollen or plants, food or other cause)
[*]The first signs of an anaphylactic reaction may look like typical allergy symptoms: a runny nose or a skin rash. But within about 30 minutes, more serious signs appear.
[*]There is usually more than one of these serious signs: Coughing ; wheezing; and pain, itching, or tightness in your chest ; Fainting, dizziness, confusion, or weakness ; Hives; a rash; and itchy, swollen, or red skin ; Runny or stuffy nose and sneezing ; Shortness of breath or trouble breathing and rapid heartbeat ; Swollen or itchy lips or tongue ; Swollen or itchy throat, hoarse voice, trouble swallowing, tightness in your throat ; Vomiting, diarrhea, or cramps ; Weak pulse, paleness
[*]What to do – Ask if the affected individual has an EpiPen (Epinephrine). People with severe allergies will often carry one. Apply EpiPen as per patient’s instruction. Keep patient calm and comfortable as possible.
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Last night at the gym, I lifted weights for 60 minutes quite hard - upping the weight and reps.
As I drove home, I developed an tightness in my throat. As I sat down to dinner, I could not stop coughing. As I woke this morning, I had a badly running nose. As I sit studying, I have an itchy throat and hoarse voice.
So, I have 5 'serious signs' of a severe allergic reaction. Pass me the EpiPen... Or instructional on exhaling better through the lift.
crollsurf wrote:There is an app call Emergency+ http://emergencyapp.triplezero.gov.au/
My understanding is that you ring 000 and open the app and it will provide you with your coordinates to pass on to the operator. So your coordinates should be acceptable if there is no street address
crollsurf wrote:There is an app call Emergency+ http://emergencyapp.triplezero.gov.au/
My understanding is that you ring 000 and open the app and it will provide you with your coordinates to pass on to the operator. So your coordinates should be acceptable if there is no street address
Biggles wrote:Telstra can set up 000 messages as text-to-voice (or voice to text) in special circumstances, e.g. for profoundly deaf people (me!) who cannot use a mobile for dialling 000. I have had this feature for many years ... but never had to use the 000 service!
north-north-west wrote:Biggles wrote:Telstra can set up 000 messages as text-to-voice (or voice to text) in special circumstances, e.g. for profoundly deaf people (me!) who cannot use a mobile for dialling 000. I have had this feature for many years ... but never had to use the 000 service!
Thank you for that information. Now to get on to Telstra and see about getting it organised.
Biggles wrote:north-north-west wrote:Biggles wrote:Telstra can set up 000 messages as text-to-voice (or voice to text) in special circumstances, e.g. for profoundly deaf people (me!) who cannot use a mobile for dialling 000. I have had this feature for many years ... but never had to use the 000 service!
Thank you for that information. Now to get on to Telstra and see about getting it organised.
I tried to reply to your PM, but an error message on sending said you did not exist (!)
Whether Telstra can still do this I have no idea (or whether it is provisioned for my present phone, which is on a commercial lease from Telstra). It was set up by a Mario (tech) in Redfern/NSW in 1993 for me — along with, of all things, a paging and mobile fax facility! A profoundly deaf person asking to buy a mobile phone was, at that distant time, quite a novelty to Telstra, and I recall that calls, SMS and faxes were very, very expensive. Now it is very, very commonplace for even blind people to be using mobiles, or mobiles that are rarely used for making voice calls (more popular for music, games, file transfers....what else??)
Biggles wrote:You can also use the NRS relay service for SMS-initiated emergency calls:
https://relayservice.gov.au/making-a-ca ... ncy-calls/
The NRS is my default go-to for comms, and it has an app for Android/Apple available too.
wildwanderer wrote:@NNW you dont need an app. It works using ordinary sms/text capability on even steam powered mobile phones
Biggles wrote: Consider the amount of abuse/junk calls that the usual 000 line gets. The message that frazzled mums should take their sniffly son to the GP never seems to get through: they either clog the emergency department of hospitals (Melbourne is an excellent example) or persistently ring the 000 line for general advice than can be always be provided by a GP.
wildwanderer wrote:Biggles wrote:You can also use the NRS relay service for SMS-initiated emergency calls:
https://relayservice.gov.au/making-a-ca ... ncy-calls/
The NRS is my default go-to for comms, and it has an app for Android/Apple available too.
Thanks for this. I cant edit the post anymore due to the edit time limit but Ive asked a mod to include this info in the FAQ. Being able to sms emergency services (via the relay service) as a last resort is very valuable!
@NNW you dont need an app. It works using ordinary sms/text capability on even steam powered mobile phones
Biggles wrote:The other thing is that I would consider upgrading a mobile to ensure it took advantage of multiple network bands rather than just 3G. I could never imagine going back to the iPhone 3 and it's lazy, steampunk attitude to just about any connection.
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