FIRST-AID TREATMENTS 
v 
(Automated External Defibrillator) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A person is collapsing. 
-  Secure the safety of the surrounding area. 
-  Prevent secondary disasters. 
Check for response. 
Call while tapping the shoulder. 
 
Breathing 
 
Recovery position. 
Lay the injured or 
ill person on 
his/her side and 
wait for the arrival 
of the emergency 
services. 
Not responding 
 
Ask for help. 
Make an emergency call. 
  Call an ambulance ( 911,119,112,999 etc) 
Ask to bring an AED. 
 
Listen to the appeal of the 
injured or ill person and give 
the necessary first-aid 
treatment. 
 
Responding 
 
Not breathing 
 
Give 2 rescue breaths; omit table Note (
1
). 
 
Give CPR. 
30 chest compressions 
Give 2 rescue breaths; omit table Note (
1
). 
 
Note(
1
) Omission of rescue breathing: 
If there is a fear of infection because the 
injured or ill person has an intraoral injury, 
you are hesitant about giving mouth-to-
mouth resuscitation, or preparing the 
mouthpiece for rescue breathing takes too 
long, omit rescue breathing and proceed to 
the next step. 
Open the airway. 
Check for breathing. 
 
Arrival of an AED.
Turn on the power. 
-  Use the AED by following its voice prompts. 
  Fitting of the electrode pads, etc.
Automatic electrocardiogram 
analysis. 
Do not touch the injured or ill 
person. 
Electric shock is needed. 
 
Electric shock is not needed. 
 
Delivery of electric shock. 
Resume CPR from chest 
compressions by following the 
voice prompts of the AED. 
 
When the injured or ill 
person has been 
handed over to the 
emergency services or 
has started moaning or 
breathing normally, lay 
him/her on his/her side 
in a recovery position 
and wait for the arrival 
of emergency services. 
 
When to 
stop CPR 
The AED 
automatically 
analyzes the 
heart rhythm 
every 2 min.