EMERGENCY PROCEDURES YOU SHOULD KNOW!
1.CPR
Stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.It is a procedure that has saved countless and continues to do so everyday! If you live with a patient with known heart or lung problem,or there is a child in the house,please learn this EASY procedure,which can be seen HERE!
a.When to do CPR?
An unconscious patient who is not breathing(put your ear near his/her nose to HEAR breath or put your palm over the chest to FEEL for rise and fall of chest); and has no pulse(put your ear over left side of chest,near nipples,to HEAR heart beats or FEEL for pulse,gently(!), at either side of neck(adam's apple)).This may be an elderly patient who has had cardiac arrest-"heart attack", or in a case of drowning,electrical shock,drug overdose,smoke inhalation etc.
b.how long?
as long as you can,until the called for help arrives,or the victim starts breathing on his own,or his heart starts beating.
In a drowning case,survival chances are good in an 1.older child 2.if drowning happened in cold water.there are examples of survival without brain damage in people rescued after 60 minutes in water,but the usual 'golden period' is 5 minutes.
2. THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER.
This is a method used to help a victim of choking,that is a person suffering with anything stuck in his throat,making it hard for him to breath.,like food(bone),small toys( in children).
see it HERE!
This can be done in a conscious or unconscious person and even on yourself!Be careful not to injure the victim,use 5-6 thrusts,increasing gradually in force, rather than one powerful thrust.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! PERIODICALLY PRACTICE THESE METHODS ON LIVE PEOPLE,SO THAT YOU CAN HELP A DYING PERSON!!
Stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.It is a procedure that has saved countless and continues to do so everyday! If you live with a patient with known heart or lung problem,or there is a child in the house,please learn this EASY procedure,which can be seen HERE!
a.When to do CPR?
An unconscious patient who is not breathing(put your ear near his/her nose to HEAR breath or put your palm over the chest to FEEL for rise and fall of chest); and has no pulse(put your ear over left side of chest,near nipples,to HEAR heart beats or FEEL for pulse,gently(!), at either side of neck(adam's apple)).This may be an elderly patient who has had cardiac arrest-"heart attack", or in a case of drowning,electrical shock,drug overdose,smoke inhalation etc.
b.how long?
as long as you can,until the called for help arrives,or the victim starts breathing on his own,or his heart starts beating.
In a drowning case,survival chances are good in an 1.older child 2.if drowning happened in cold water.there are examples of survival without brain damage in people rescued after 60 minutes in water,but the usual 'golden period' is 5 minutes.
2. THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER.
This is a method used to help a victim of choking,that is a person suffering with anything stuck in his throat,making it hard for him to breath.,like food(bone),small toys( in children).
see it HERE!
This can be done in a conscious or unconscious person and even on yourself!Be careful not to injure the victim,use 5-6 thrusts,increasing gradually in force, rather than one powerful thrust.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! PERIODICALLY PRACTICE THESE METHODS ON LIVE PEOPLE,SO THAT YOU CAN HELP A DYING PERSON!!
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