Call the ambulance immediately if: 

❖ a seemingly healthy individual suffered loss of consciousness, impaired consciousness, acutely impaired breathing, or respiratory arrest;

❖ an individual suddenly experiences acute weakness that leads to fainting;

❖ an individual experiences acute pain in the head, chest, or stomach that is not relieved after taking medications or following the advice obtained by calling the advice line at 1220;

❖ an individual experiences tight pain in the chest, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties, paleness, and exceedingly rapid pulse;

❖ an individual experiences cardiac arrhythmia accompanied by impaired consciousness;

❖ an individual experiences acute bleeding from a wound or the body cavity and it has not been possible to stop the bleeding;

❖ an individual is suddenly experiencing an allergic reaction accompanied by shortness of breath, swollen tongue, difficulty swallowing, skin rash;

❖ an individual has a foreign object in their respiratory tract or gastrointestinal tract and it has not been possible to remove it on site;

❖ a seemingly healthy individual suddenly experiences speech impairment or signs of paralysis;

❖ an individual experienced a seizure that lasted for several minutes after which breathing and consciousness is not restored;

❖ an individual sustained injuries or trauma after which they cannot stand or move or lean on a hand or a leg;

❖ an individual sustained burns caused by high temperatures, a chemical substance, or electricity, and their general condition has become poor, there are blister on a larger burned area, or there is a foreign object in the burn site;

❖ an individual is experiencing poisoning accompanied by loss of consciousness or acute weakness, paleness, vision impairment, seizures, cardiac arrhythmia. In the case of signs or suspicion of poisoning call the 24/7 Poison Center information line at 16662.