Medical Emergency Definitions

DEFINITIONS

4911 - Is the number dialed at Cuyahoga Community College to contact central dispatch for life-threatening emergencies (*Note: when using a pay phone or cell phone, dial 216-987-4911).

AED - Automated External Defibrillators (AED), used to treat sudden cardiac arrest.

Advanced First Aid - Skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical help can arrive.

Campus Police Officer - Campus police officers at Cuyahoga Community College are graduates of the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy. Officers have full arrest powers to enforce city, state, and federal laws as well as College policy and procedures.

EMS - Emergency Medical Services.

EMT - Emergency Medical Technician.

Emergency Phones - Yellow call boxes, blue beacon phones, house phones and elevator phones are located throughout the College’s campuses. When activated, they have a direct connection to police dispatchers. Reports of crimes in progress, medical emergencies, fire, and other matters may be reported to the police dispatcher through the emergency phone system.

Emergency Medical Transportation Refusal Form – A form generated upon refusal by subject to be transported/treated by EMS personnel

First Responder - First responders are police officers of the Department of Campus Police and Security Services who are trained in advanced first aid and are state certified as medical first responders. First responder officers can provide care to the sick or injured prior to paramedic ambulance arrival. REMEMBER!

When a serious injury or illness occurs, friends or coworkers may seek emergency medical assistance by dialing ext. 4911 from any campus telephone or 216-987-4911 from public phones. You may also activate a campus blue beacon phone or yellow call box for emergency medical assistance.

The success of intervention in a medical emergency that involves illness or injury depends greatly on the initial observations and actions of the responding officers on the scene. The Cuyahoga Community College Department of Campus Police and Security Services recognizes its responsibility to provide the College community with highly trained police personnel who can render aid and assistance when dispatched to medical emergencies.

Officers trained as first responders are the first links of the Emergency Medical Service system. The first responder secures the scene, assesses the patient’s condition, calls for emergency assistance, provides emergency medical care and turns patients over to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) or paramedic transport teams when they arrive.