What is happening?

What to do

1. Help only if approaching is safe. With gas, chemicals or violence, call from a safe place.
2. Baby or child: difficult breathing, hard to wake or blue/grey/blotchy skin → emergency help now. Do not wait for high fever.
3. Infection with confusion, unusual speech, fast breathing or blotchy skin: call emergency services.
4. If awake, help them lie comfortably. If unable or unwilling, bring a chair. Do not force positioning. Watch for changes.
5. Say a serious infection is possible. Have their medicines ready.
6. If unresponsive: call emergency services. If breathing is abnormal, start CPR with dispatcher guidance.
7. Give location and symptoms. No phone or signal: ask someone to call from a safe place. Do not delay help to collect belongings.
8. Baby: weak/continuous cry, no feeding, very cold or abnormal response: emergency help. Report pregnancy/recent birth or reduced immunity. Do not wait for a thermometer.
9. Unable to explain symptoms: report changes from usual behaviour. Very unwell: get help even without every sign.