Emergency treatment is the prompt and first help provided to anybody suffering from either a small or significant disease or injury, with care supplied to protect life, prevent the problem from getting worse, or to advertise recuperation. It consists of first intervention in a major condition before specialist medical assistance being readily available, such as doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION) while awaiting an ambulance, in addition to the total treatment of minor problems, such as applying a plaster to a cut.