This section focuses mainly on heath and medical support for everyone. It will list down various centres for kids with special needs and different medical centres with their specialization for any emergency.

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ICE - In Case of Emergency

In case of accidents or other emergency situations in Abu Dhabi Emirate, the number to dial is 999. Calls to this number are free of charge.

When calling the emergency number 999, please remember to state your name, your location and the telephone number you are calling from.

The Abu Dhabi Government online portal provides more information on how to deal with emergency situations as well as a list of 24-hour pharmacies.

Other Emergency Numbers
Ambulance: 998 or 999
Helicopter Ambulance: When calling 999, the police will dispatch a helicopter to transport the injured, if the accident is deemed serious.
Fire Emergency: 997
Police: 999
Coast Guard: 996
Water and Electricity: 991 or 992
Municipality: 993

Call the Poison & Drug Information Center as soon as as possible if you think, or even suspect, a poisoning has occurred. Do not wait for symptoms to appear! Contact PDIC at 800-424 (National Toll Free No).

Make sure that in case you employ a caregiver (domestic helper, nanny or a babysitter) that she has visited a first aid course, knows the above stated emergency numbers as well as the telephone number of your pediatrician and the way to the nearest pharmacy or hospital. Leave some money at home so that she is able to call a taxi to go to a clinic. Have a list with phone numbers at home next to your phone!

First Aid Kit

A basic first-aid kit can make dealing with minor accidents and injuries much easier. Keep one at home, one in the car and take one with you next time you go on vacation. You can buy ready made kits at the pharmacy or you can put one together yourself.

Putting a Kit Together

An inexpensive plastic, waterproof food storage box makes an ideal container for a first-aid kit. Clearly label the kit 'first-aid' so anyone can locate it in an emergency. On the lid of your first-aid kit, stick a list of emergency phone numbers-such as your local doctor, ambulance, hospital, dentist, next door neighbour etc. Replace whatever you use and check the kit once a year for expired products. Make sure you keep your first-aid kit out of reach of children.

Basic First-Aid Kit

- Sterile gauze: to clean small wounds (soak in saline water first), dressings or to help control bleeding
- Saline: cleaning of cuts, scrapes, burns or flushing out materials from eyes
- Antiseptic wipes: to clean skin around wounds or to clean your hands if you have no soap and water
- Plasters in different sizes: to cover small cuts and grazes
- Sterile adhesive dressings: wound cover
- Skin closure strips e.g. steri-strips: for holding edges of wound together
- Non-adherent sterile dressings e.g. melolin: bleeding control or wound cover
- Eye pads: to cover injured eye
- Triangular bandage: for slings or non-sterile dressings
- Crepe roller bandages: to secure dressings and support injured limbs
- Adhesive tape e.g. micropore: securing the ends of bandages and dressings
- Safety pins: securing the ends of bandages
- Forceps: removing splinters
- Scissors: cut dressings/bandages/clothing
- Gloves: use when handling blood or bodily fluids
- Thermometer
- First aid manual

Useful Additions to a First-Aid Kit

- Instant cold compress disposable: to control swelling and pain e.g. sprains, strains and insect bites. In an emergency, a package of frozen vegetables, wrapped in a cloth can serve the same purpose.
- Face shield or mask: protection while giving rescue breaths during CPR
- Insect sting relief pads: for small, localized itching or insect bites
- Arnica cream: apply on bumps and bruises
- Mebo scar lotion: for burns, scalds and wounds
- Calamine lotion: for insect bites, rashes, and minor skin irritation
- Vinegar sachets: for jellyfish stings
- Sun-block
- After-sun lotion
- Fluid replacement sachets: to prevent dehydration
- Insect repellant
- Medicine spoon or medicine syringe: for administering oral medication to babies and children
- Torch