What is the chain of survival and why for each stage?
1. Early Recognition - call for help and alert emergency services
2. Early CPR - start cpr as soon as possible
3. Early Defibrillation - to restart the heart
4. Post Resuscitation Care- medical procedures such as injecting drugs not a
vain and using specialised artificial
ventilation equipment.
Steps of turning a casualty onto your back?
1. Kneel by the casualty side and turn the head to face away from you
2. Place the arm nearest to you above her head
3. With one hand grasp casulatys far shoulder, with other hand clamp wrist to
her hip
4. Roll the causality against you thighs
What do you do when somebody is vomiting?
1. Turn casualty away from you
2. Ensure the head is turned towards the floor, and casulatys mouth is open
and at the lowest point
Steps for Recovery Position?
1. Remove goggles
,2. Kneel beside nearest arm and make sure both legs are straight
3. Bring far arm across chest, and hold the back of the hand against cheek
nearest to you
4. Keeping the hand against his cheek, pull on far knee to roll cross
5. Check for breathing regularly
What is the purpose of CPR?
To buy time until more advanced medical assistance arrives
What are the principles of airway management?
1. head tilt, chin lift (lifting the tongue and open airway
Sequence of CPR for adult?
1. Check for response (are you alright?)
2. Turn casualty onto back
3. Head back , chin lift
4. Check for breathing for 10 seconds
5. if not breathing normally call 999, start CPR
6. kneel by the side of casulaty and do 30 chest compressions with 2 rescue
breaths.
Steps for CPR for a child?
1 Having asked for someone to call an ambulance and fetch an AED
, 2. give 5 initial breaths before starting chest compressions
3. use one hand for a child to achieve adequate depth of compressions
Steps for CPR for an infant?
1 Having asked for someone to call an ambulance and fetch an AED
2. give 5 initial breaths before starting chest compressions
3. use 2 fingers for an infant to achieve adequate depth
What difference would you make if the casualty was drowning?
add 5 extra rescue breaths
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What do you do with CPR with a tracheostomie?
1. remove stoma cover
2. wipe any mucus from stoma
3. close causality s nose and mouth
place mouth around necck
4. blow in through thte stoma
What do you do with CPR with a air in stomach?