FIRST-AID TREATMENTS
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Treatment to Give When the Patient Has a
Pulse Beating but Has Ceased to Breathe
Performing mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration - Fig. 1
(1) Bend the patient's face backward until it is directed to look back. (A pillow may be
placed under the neck.)
(2) Pull up the lower jaw to open up the airway. (To spread the airway)
(3) Pinching the patient's nose, breathe deeply and blow your breath into the patient's
mouth strongly, with care to close it completely. Then, move your mouth away and
take a deep breath, and blow into his or her mouth.
Give rescue breathing twice in
about 1 second and check if the chest rises.
(always with the patient's nostrils
closed).
(4) Immediately, perform chest compressions.(perform uninterrupted chest
compressions of 30 at the rate of about 100 times per minute.
With each
compression, depress the chest wall to a depth of approximately 4 to 5 cm.)
Rapidly,
give 2 rescue breaths. Continuously perform the combination of 30 chest
compressions and 2 rescue breaths without interruption.
(Perform the cardiac
massage and mouth-to-mouth respiration)
(5) Continue
the cardiac massage and mouth-to-mouth respiration until natural
respiration is restored.
(6) If the patient's mouth won't open easily, insert a pipe, such as one made of rubber
or vinyl, into either nostril. Then, take a deep breath and blow into the nostril
through the pipe, with the other nostril and the mouth completely closed.
(7) The patient may stand up abruptly upon recovering consciousness. Keep the
patient lying calmly, giving him or her coffee, tea or any other hot drink (but not
alcoholic drink) to keep him or her warm.
Mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration with the patient's head lifted
[1]
(1) Lift the back part of the patient's
head. Support the forehead with one
of your hand and the neck with the
other hand.o[1].
Many patients will have their
airways opened by lifting their head
in this way to ease mouth-to-mouth
artificial respiration.
[2]
(2) Closing the patient's mouth with your
mouth, press your cheek against the
patient's noseo [2].
Alternatively, hold the patient's nose
with your finger to prevent air leak
o [3].
[3]
(3) Blowing air into the patient's lungs.
Blow air into the patient's lungs until
chest is seen to rise. (always with
the patient's nostrils closed)
Give
rescue breathing twice in about 1
second and check if the chest rises.
Fig. 1 Mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration
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