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Resuscitation
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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