Emergency treatment is the first and also immediate aid provided to anyone suffering from either a small or serious illness or injury, with care supplied to protect life, avoid the condition from intensifying, or to advertise recuperation. It includes first intervention in a major problem before specialist clinical help being readily available, such as executing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION) while waiting for a rescue, in addition to the total therapy of small problems, such as applying a plaster to a cut.