What is happening?

What to do

1. Help only if approaching is safe. With gas, chemicals or violence, call from a safe place.
2. Bloody vomit with dizziness, confusion, abdominal pain or fast breathing: call emergency services.
3. Active vomiting with normal breathing, no injury: help onto the side for drainage without force. Unable to position safely: ask dispatcher. Monitor breathing.
4. Even if it stops with no other symptoms, urgent medical advice is needed.
5. If unresponsive: call emergency services. If breathing is abnormal, start CPR with dispatcher guidance.
6. If unresponsive and blood or vomit blocks breathing: carefully roll onto the side to drain. Recheck breathing. If abnormal, back onto the back and CPR.
7. Cold/pale skin, shallow breathing, black stool or feeling very unwell with blood vomit: emergency help. Baby: do not assume only swallowed blood from feeding.
8. Only if vomit/blood blocks breathing: with another helper, one supports head/neck while the other rolls the body together, keeping alignment. Tell dispatcher. Recheck breathing immediately.