A person is lying on the sidewalk as you walk down the street.You should know what to do if they stop breathing.When help arrives, the best thing to do is to start cardiopulmonary resuscitation and rescue breathing.Rescue breathing is not recommended during the COVID-19 Pandemic since they could potentially transmit and spread the virus.
Step 1: Check the scene for danger.
You don't want to put yourself in danger by rushing in to help someone who is in trouble.Make sure the area is safe for you to help.You should look for things like electrical wires, falling rocks, and people with weapons.If you are near a roadway, make sure that you and the person in trouble are out of the way of oncoming traffic.
Step 2: The person should be conscious.
Talk to the person and shake her hand.Ask her name.She might be able to talk to you.She isn't able to breathe if she can focus on you.An unconscious person won't wake up.She won't respond to a hard pinch to the neck.
Step 3: Make sure to check for breathing.
You can listen by placing your ear near the person's lips.At the same time, watch his chest.He is not breathing if you can't see his chest rising and falling.Rescue breathing and chest compressions are needed if he isn't breathing.Don't check for too long.Every moment counts, so you shouldn't look for more than 10 seconds.Rescue breathing can still be provided if the person is gasping or hyperventilating.
Step 4: Call for assistance.
Tell the person to call the emergency services.Before you start rescue breathing, make sure you call the emergency services.No one will show up to help you.
Step 5: There are injuries to look for.
It's important to make sure the person doesn't have another injury, such as a bleeding wound.If you help the person breathe, you may need to stem blood.
Step 6: The person should be put on his back.
The person should be turned so he is lying down.Try to have someone help you turn the person if you suspect a back or neck injury.To turn the patient, you need to grab a hip and a shoulder from the person helping you.
Step 7: Pull her head back.
To tilt the head back, place a hand across the forehead and below the chin.The airway opens so air can enter the lungs.If you suspect a neck, head, or spine injury, you should not do the head tilt.You should perform a jaw-thrust if you have been trained.Place a hand on either side of the person's head.Put your middle and index fingers under her jaw, as if she has an underbite.
Step 8: Check the person's lips.
If something is blocking the airway, look at his mouth.Gum, pills, and toothpicks are things that could be in someone's mouth.Before moving onward, remove them.If the obstruction is down the throat and not in the mouth, don't try to pull it out.
Step 9: Place your mouth over the person's mouth.
The person has a nose.Put your mouth over the person's mouth.You hold her nose because you need to completely cover her mouth to get a seal.If you can't breathe through the person's mouth, you have to use her nose.Put your hand in her mouth and cover her nose.Proceed as usual.
Step 10: The person has a mouth.
Blow into the person's mouth for at least a second.If his chest rises, watch.You may need to tilt his head further if his chest doesn't rise.
Step 11: In a row, take two breaths.
Rescue breathing requires two breaths in a row, followed by chest compressions.A patient without a pulse requires chest compressions.
Step 12: Don't shake an infant.
You can shake them to check for consciousness.If she responds, lightly flick the bottom of her foot.
Step 13: Before calling for help, give the child or infant breathing room.
It's important to give a 2-minute round of compressions before calling for help with a child or infant, as damage can set in more quickly.
Step 14: The rescue breaths should be five.
If you only give two rescue breaths, give five.
Step 15: Don't blow as hard.
Blow hard to make her chest rise.It takes less air to make a child's chest rise.
Step 16: A baby has a mouth and nose.
You need to cover the infant's mouth and nose with your mouth when working on him.A baby's mouth is too small to be covered.Try to open the airway if the baby's chest doesn't rise.If you don't see the chest rising, you may need to go ahead with the procedure for the baby.
Step 17: Keep the procedures the same.
To open the airway, you need to check for obstructions and lightly tilt the child's head back.You have to cover the child's mouth with yours while holding her nose.