Ask, can yhou hear me? Are you hurt or sick? Also, ask if you can help the casualty. This has the added advantage of gaining consent, or not, as well as eliciting a response.
Open your eyes. What is your name? Asking their name is also instinctive. It does not matter if they give the correct name, so long as they respond to your question. Squeeze my hands. A casualty that cannot hear you, may feel your squeeze and respond accordingly.
For example, a person having an Absence Seizure will be conscious but will be unable to respond to questions and commands. The visual assessment comprises a head-to-toe examination, looking for bleeding, burns, bites, abnormal swelling, etc. First aid treatment is not a substitute for professional medical care. In a medical emergency, you should waste no time calling for an ambulance or emergency services. In order to stay focused on the casualty, have someone else in your vicinity make the call for help on your behalf.
This system does not use satellite technology, only GSM technology. Obstructions to the pathway to the lungs will restrict breathing. If possible, check the airway without moving the casualty.
Perform a head tilt-chin lift to open their airway, this can be achieved by opening their mouth and having a look inside.
B reathing: Check for breathing by looking for chest movements up and down. Listen by putting your ear near to their mouth and nose.
Feel for breathing by putting your hand on the lower part of their chest. If the person is unconscious but breathing, turn them onto their side, carefully ensuring that you keep their head, neck, and spine in alignment.
Monitor their breathing until you hand over to the ambulance officers. Do this 30 times. Give two breaths. To get the breath in, tilt their head back gently by lifting their chin. Keep going with the 30 compressions and two breaths at the speed of approximately five repeats in two minutes until you hand over to the arriving ambulance officers or another trained person, or until the person you are resuscitating responds.
Skip to main content. First Aid. Home First Aid. Actions for this page Listen Print. Summary Read the full fact sheet. On this page. Make sure you do not put yourself in danger when going to the assistance of another person. R esponse — is the person conscious? Do they respond when you talk to them, touch their hands or squeeze their shoulder?
S end for help — call triple zero Is the person breathing? If the person is responding, they are conscious and their airway is clear, assess how you can help them with any injury. If the person is not responding and they are unconscious, you need to check their airway by opening their mouth and having a look inside. If their mouth is clear, tilt their head gently back by lifting their chin and check for breathing.
If the mouth is not clear, place the person on their side, open their mouth and clear the contents, then tilt the head back and check for breathing. B reathing — check for breathing by looking for chest movements up and down. Listen by putting your ear near to their mouth and nose. Feel for breathing by putting your hand on the lower part of their chest.
If the person is unconscious but breathing, turn them onto their side, carefully ensuring that you keep their head, neck and spine in alignment. Monitor their breathing until you hand over to the ambulance officers. C PR cardiopulmonary resuscitation — if an adult is unconscious and not breathing, make sure they are flat on their back and then place the heel of one hand in the centre of their chest and your other hand on top.
Press down firmly and smoothly compressing to one third of their chest depth 30 times. Give two breaths. To get the breath in, tilt their head back gently by lifting their chin. Pinch their nostrils closed, place your open mouth firmly over their open mouth and blow firmly into their mouth.
Keep going with the 30 compressions and two breaths at the speed of approximately five repeats in two minutes until you hand over to the ambulance officers or another trained person, or until the person you are resuscitating responds. The method for CPR for children under eight and babies is very similar and you can learn these skills in a CPR course.
D efibrillator — for unconscious adults who are not breathing, apply an automated external defibrillator AED if one is available. They are available in many public places, clubs and organisations. You can prepare yourself to act in an emergency by attending one of our many first aid training courses.
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