Carefully tilt the head and lift the chin to roughly a horizontal position to take the tongue off the back of the airway then give 5 rescue breaths to re-oxygenate them. Babies and children are much more likely to have had a breathing problem first resulting in a respiratory arrest — their heart will stop later. If they start to gurgle when you breathe into them, briefly turn them onto their side and empty any vomit from their mouth, before continuing with the breaths.
Push down by a third of their depth with two thumbs or fingers. Push hard and fast on the centre of their chest — roughly between the nipples at a rate of about beats per minute — roughly 2 per second.
After about 30 compressions…you will need to give them 2 more breaths and then continue with the compressions again. When you push on the chest — you are being the heart When you breathe into them — you are being the lungs. Continue until the paramedics arrive. For full article click here on how to help an unconscious baby. It is vital that anyone who is unconscious and not breathing, receives immediate and appropriate treatment — using CPR and a defibrillator.
Frighteningly figures from the British Heart Foundation show that only one in ten victims survive following a cardiac arrest. Our survival rate is considerably lower than that in Scandinavian Counties where there is a far higher importance paid to the education and training of school children and the general population to ensure they are sufficiently skilled and equipped to be able to help immediately someone collapses. An AED is an Automatic External Defibrillator — which means that it automatically detects if someone is in a shockable rhythm and it speaks to you, to tell you what to do.
Defibrillators do not jump start the heart like jump starting a car; they stop it like rebooting a computer. Ultimately this allows the individual heart cells to recharge simultaneously and the pacemaker in the heart to hopefully restart it in a normal rhythm. The defibrillator administers a shock to stop the heart if it is in an abnormal but shockable rhythm. Click the heading above to watch a video on how to use an AED.
Hundreds of people are alive today entirely due to the prompt and appropriate use of a defibrillator. Once activated, the AED will talk to you and tell you what to do. Defibrillators are designed to be as easy as possible to use. Check the whole length of the casualty to ensure no one is touching them. Press the flashing shock button as directed fully automated AEDs will do this automatically once a shock is advised. Continue with CPR as directed.
Keep going with 30 compressions to 2 breaths. Do not stop to check them unless they begin to regain consciousness and start breathing normally. The machine will reassess their heart rhythm every 2 minutes and advise another shock if indicated. Stop CPR if the casualty begins to regain consciousness and starts to breathe normally.
To give CPR: 30 compressions, then 2 rescue breaths. If there is more than one rescuer swap every couple of minutes. However, we need far more in the community and work-places to be able to have the major improvements on survival from cardiac arrest that is seen in other countries such as Sweden.
With any luck, there will be one near you. For maximum accessibility, they are most common in public places such as train, bus and tube stations, shopping centres, airports, dentists, GP Practices and leisure centres there are apps such as Heartsafe which can help locate the nearest AED.
Defibrillators are extremely easy to use and you cannot do any harm to an unconscious casualty by using one. If someone is unconscious and not breathing they need your assistance fast. Research by the British Heart Foundation reveal that that only four in ten bystanders performed CPR, and that 62 per cent of British adults admitted to being worried about what to do if someone collapsed in front of them after suffering cardiac arrest. Defibrillators make all the difference following sudden cardiac arrest, but more still needs to be done to increase awareness.
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We are not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made, or actions taken on this information. Your email address will not be published. I accept the Privacy Policy. Never miss out on vital updates — sign up here for our weekly newsletter. Facebook Twitter Instagram. If you are in any doubt about confirming cardiac arrest, start chest compressions until help arrives. Make sure an ambulance is on its way. Put hands together in the middle of the chest and push hard and fast.
If the rescuer has access to personal protective equipment PPE e. FFP3 face mask, disposable gloves, eye protection , these should be worn. After performing compression-only CPR, all rescuers should wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water; alcohol-based hand gel is a convenient alternative.
They should also seek advice from the NHS coronavirus advice service or medical adviser. How to perform CPR on an adult — pre-covid and hopefully post-covid advice If an adult has a Cardiac Arrest they generally retain 3 or 4 minutes worth of residual oxygenated blood in their system. After every 30 chest compressions, give two rescue breaths.
Sufficient breaths should be given to inflate the chest. Deploy a defibrillator as quickly as possible. CPR on a Child Children are more likely to have experienced a respiratory arrest and they are also unable to retain oxygen in their system with the same efficiency as adults.
What should you do if you witness someone having a sudden cardiac arrest? Call — or ideally get someone else to make the call and report back to you. Tell everyone assisting you to stay clear of the victim and ensure that you are clear of the victim as well. Then press the shock button on the AED machine to deliver the first shock. Immediately following the shock, begin CPR for 5 cycles or approximately 2 minutes. Begin CPR for 2 minutes 5 cycles. Perform CPR for 5 cycles of 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
Check the victim's rhythm. Revert to step 7. If indicated by the AED, provide the victim with another shock. If the machine gives a "no shock" message after any analysis, check the victim's pulse and breathing.
If a pulse is present, monitor the victim's airway and provide rescue breathing as needed. There are many different AED designs, but all are created with simplicity in mind. Many models will audibly instruct the rescuer about exactly what to do during each step of the process i.
Some will even deliver the shocks automatically. As long as you understand the general principles behind an AED, you may be able to save someone's life. Back Next. AED Guidelines AEDs Automatic External Defibrillators , when used swiftly-in the first minutes of a person collapsing-have been shown to dramatically increase the survival rate of people suffering from cardiac arrest. Note: CPR should not be interrupted while the adhesive pads are being applied.
This allows the nerve impulses a chance to resume their normal pattern, which, in turn, allows the heart to resume beating at its normal pace. If you see someone collapse, immediately call and get the paramedics en route. If there are other people around, choose someone specific and instruct them to call and explain the situation. This decreases confusion about who should do what and ensures that the call is being placed.
If someone has collapsed, you should immediately determine whether they are breathing. If the victim is breathing, you know that they have a pulse. Apply the AED electrode pads to the bare chest of the victim and follow the prompts as instructed. Uninterrupted CPR is an important factor in increasing the recovery rate of cardiac arrest patients.
Turn on the AED. Attach the electrode pads to patients bare chest. Expose the patients bare chest, male or female. Then bare the victim's chest including females and attach the adhesive AED pads in the appropriate locations. The AED should include a diagram typically on the adhesive pads themselves indicating where each pad placed on the patients chest.
It is important not to touch the victim while the AED is "analysing" as it may detect your heart rhythm.
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