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Semi-automatic defibrillators
Area: Emergency Medical Services

A semi-automatic AED automatically diagnoses heart rhythms and determines if a shock is necessary. If a shock is advised, the user must then push a button to administer the shock.

Separation from the deployment
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

Separation from the deployment of commercial volumes of end-products refers to the complementarity of PCP, which focuses on the R&D phase before commercialisation, and PPI, which does not focus on R&D but on the commercialisation/diffusion of solutions.

Separation of PCP from the deployment
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

Separation of PCP from the deployment of commercial volumes of end-products refers to the complementarity of PCP, which focuses on the R&D phase before commercialisation (the purchase of R&D services), and PPI, which does not focus on R&D but on the commercialisation/diffusion of solutions (the purchase of innovative products that are ready for commercial deployment)

Severe respiratory difficulties
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Acute respiratory distress syndrome occurs when the muscles used in breathing are forced to work harder, causing labored and inefficient breathing. An abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood (hypoxemia) occurs

Severe trauma
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Trauma is defined by the American Psychological Association (APA) as the emotional response someone has to an extremely negative event. While trauma is a normal reaction to a horrible event, the effects can be so severe that they interfere with an individual's ability to live a normal life. Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds.

Situation Analysis
Area: Emergency Medical Services

The emergency management process, triggered by an event related order, begins with the assessment of the situation, which informs a situation analysis. For this purpose, information that is already available and subsequently gathered needs to be recorded and supplemented (where necessary), and evaluated with regard to the situation.This must include potential damage on site and risks to individuals.

Situation Report
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Reports containing updated information on the main incident.A Situation Report typically covers a specific period of time,is often divided into sectors or relates to one sector of activity.

Situation Report (visualisation)
Area: Emergency Medical Services

includes all information obtained about the situation of the incident and contains information about the general situation, the damage situation and the situation of first responders. This information is usually visualised in the form of a map

Situation assessment
Area: Emergency Medical Services

It is a systematic process to gather, analyze, synthesize and. communicate data to inform planning decisions. Information from a situational assessment can be used to inform the goals, objectives, target audiences and activities of a health promotion strategy.

Situational Map
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Depiction of the local context at an emergency site with a representation of all essential positions of emergency services, danger zones etc. It includes contains tactical and operational considerations.

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