{"id":469,"date":"2026-10-15T14:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:12:06","slug":"medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/medical-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you encounter someone experiencing a medical emergency (examples: heart attack, loss of consciousness, large loss of blood, or serious accident):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call 9-1-1 immediately.  Report your location and as much information as possible about the nature of the emergency.  DO NOT hang up until directed to do so by the emergency operator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are unable to call 9-1-1, contact the URI Police Department at 401 874 4910 or activate one of the blue light emergency phones on campus.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Render first aid, if qualified.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DO NOT attempt to move the injured\/sick person unless they are in immediate danger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stay with the injured person until EMS arrives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have someone meet and escort public safety officials to the victim.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DO NOT jeopardize your health and safety to render care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you encounter someone experiencing a medical emergency (examples: heart attack, loss of consciousness, large loss of blood, or serious accident):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5322,"featured_media":0,"parent":568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/655"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}