Self-contained emergency situation assistance kit with programmed audio and visual instructions

A method of aiding first-aid providers comprising the steps of:

• providing a handheld, battery-operated personal digital assistant which is configured to execute a prioritizing emergency response/first-aid assistance application program;
• wherein the prioritizing emergency response/first-aid assistance application program is configured to receive a plurality of inputs from a user with respect to one patient, where each of the plurality of inputs corresponds to an indication that the patient has simultaneous medical conditions which might require emergency response or first aid and wherein the inputs are provided by a user activating a plurality of switches wherein each of the plurality of switches is associated with one of a plurality of traumas and corresponds to one of a plurality of sets of supplies adapted to treat the associated trauma;
• determining whether a request for additional information is necessary before a prioritization decision can be made;
• prioritizing the plurality of inputs using the prioritizing emergency response/first-aid assistance application software program and generating an instruction set which provides the user with emergency response instructions for a first of the plurality of inputs which corresponds to a highest priority medical condition or emergency situation;
• and
• delaying providing information with respect to a second-highest priority medical condition until first-aid instruction is provided with respect to the highest priority emergency situation.