Warning !
This is not a replacement for a first aid or CPR course, it is just a quick
guide in first aid and CPR techniques. You should go to your local first aid
organisation and do a course in the life saving skills.
In cases of heart attack,
drowning, suffocation, electric shock and overdoses of drugs, either the heart
or breathing may stop. This is called cardio-respiratory arrest. ('Cardio'
means heart, 'respiratory' means breathing). In many cases a life can be
saved if resuscitation can be performed quickly and correctly. A minority of
heart attack cases will actually collapse with a cardio-respiratory arrest. But
everyone should know the early signs of a heart attack, and have an emergency
plan of action,
(To
view the emergency plan of action, select this link.)
Signs of cardio-respiratory
arrest. "Select
this link for children"
- Collapse with loss of
consciousness.
- Absence of breathing.
- No pulse (carotid).
What to do. Basic
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a simple procedure, as simple a A-B-C.
A= Airway
B = Breathing
C = Circulation
Precaution:
In electrocution, switch off current before starting CPR
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