An ambulance is a specialized vehicle used to transport people who require medical assistance to a healthcare facility, usually a hospital.

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization in the United States that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education and training in various health and safety fields.

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms and delivers an electric shock to restore a normal heartbeat.

A bag valve mask (BVM), sometimes known by the proprietary name Ambu bag or generically as a manual resuscitator or "self-inflating bag", is a hand-held device commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patients who are not breathing or not breathing adequately.

The Canadian Red Cross Society (La Société canadienne de la Croix-Rouge) is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization, and one of 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving emergency procedure performed on individuals whose heart or breathing has stopped.

Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care.