--- title: Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When someone's life may be in danger, someone not breathing, unconscious, badly bleeding or with a bad fall, you call 999 in the UK, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E # Emergencies: ambulance, 999 and A&E Lesson 26 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/0/) — When someone's life may be in danger, someone not breathing, unconscious, badly bleeding or with a bad fall, you call 999 in the UK, and you will never be in trouble for calling in a real emergency. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/1/) — The call handler is trained to help even a frightened child: they ask where you are and what happened, send help, and tell you what to do until it arrives, so you don't hang up. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/2/) — The most important words you can say are your address, which is why learning it by heart is a real safety skill. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/3/) — Not every problem needs 999: for urgent but not life-threatening worries, like a high fever at night, UK families ring 111, and small injuries can go to an urgent treatment centre. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/4/) — 999 is the UK emergency number for ambulance, fire, police or coastguard, and 112 also works in the UK and across Europe. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/5/) — The USA and Canada use 911, Australia uses 000 and New Zealand uses 111. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/6/) — In the UK 111 is the NHS line for urgent medical advice that isn't life-threatening, while in New Zealand 111 is the emergency number. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/7/) — Ambulances carry paramedics, who are trained to give emergency treatment on the spot and on the way to hospital. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/8/) — CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, means pressing hard and fast on the middle of the chest to keep blood moving when the heart has stopped, and the call handler can talk anyone through it. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/9/) — A defibrillator gives an electric shock to restart a heart with a dangerous rhythm; public ones, often in a box marked AED, give spoken instructions and only shock if the heart needs it; unlike in films, the person often needs more CPR and hospital care, and it doesn't always work. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/10/) — A&E, Accident and Emergency, is for serious injuries and illnesses, and in the USA it is called the ER. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/11/) — Urgent treatment centres and minor injury units deal with things like sprains, small cuts and minor burns, keeping A&E free for the most serious cases. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/12/) — In an emergency the most important thing is to tell the services where you are, so children should learn their full address and postcode. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/14/) — The recovery position, on the side with the top leg bent and the head tilted back, keeps the airway open in someone who is unconscious but breathing. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/26-emergencies-ambulance-999-and-a-and-e/15/) — Hoax 999 calls take time away from real emergencies and can lead to trouble with the police. - ← previous: [The GP, the family doctor and the nurse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/) - next →: [The optician and glasses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/27-the-optician-and-glasses/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)