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Face drop, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 112
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Stroke Symptoms

First Aid
Area: Emergency Medical Services

The immediate assistance provided to a sick or injured person until professional help arrives. It is concerned not only with physical injury or illness but also with other initial care, including psychosocial support for people suffering from emotional distress caused by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. First aid interventions seek to “preserve life, alleviate suffering, prevent further illness or injury and promote recovery

First Aid Provider
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Layperson with basic first aid knowledge and skills

First responders
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Persons whose job entails being the first on the scene of an emergency, such as a firefighter or police officer.

First response teams
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Group of people who prepare for and respond to any emergency incident.

Foreign Body Obstruction
Area: Emergency Medical Services

A foreign body airway obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of the breathing tubes to the lungs due to a foreign body (for example, food, a bead, toy, etc.). The onset of respiratory distress may be sudden with cough. Treatment of airway obstruction due to a foreign body includes: Adults: The Heimlich manoeuvre

Framework Agreement
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

An agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic operators, the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing contracts to be awarded during a given period, in particular with regard to price and, where appropriate, the quantity envisaged.

Fundamental research
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

Means experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any direct commercial application or use in view

GDPR
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. Superseding the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, the regulation contains provisions and requirements related to the processing of personal data of individuals (formally called data subjects in the GDPR) who reside in the EEA, and applies to any enterprise—regardless of its location and the data subjects' citizenship or residence—that is processing the personal information of data subjects inside the EEA.

General Manager
Area: Emergency Medical Services

The person who plans, directs, and coordinates health services.

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