AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 38 of 153 B - BREATHING  Position your cheek close to victims’ nose and mouth, look toward victims’ chest, and  Look, listen, and feel for breathing (5-10 seconds)  If not breathing, pinch victim’s nose closed and give 2 full breaths into victim’s mouth (use micro shield).  If breaths won’t go in, reposition head and try again to give breaths If still blocks perform abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) C - CIRCULATION  Check for carotid pulse by feeling for 5-10 seconds at side of victims’ neck.  If there is a pulse but victim is not breathing, give Rescue breathing at rate of 1 breath every 5 seconds Or 12 breaths per minute  If there is no pulse, begin chest compressions as follows:  Place heel of one hand on lower part of victim’s sternum. With your other hand directly on top of first hand, depress sternum 1.5 to 2 inches.  Perform 15 compressions to every 2 breaths. (rate: 80-100 per minute)  check for return of pulse every minute. CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED UNTIL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE. (Source :http://www.openseason com/healthclub/cpr/cprabc.html) 54. We feel this is useful to all of us and hence reproduced below. Please Pass it on! 55. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we’ll save at least one life. Read this…it could save your life!! 56. This one is serious… Let’s say it’s 4:17 p.m. and you’re driving home, (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the work load extraordinarily heavy, you also had a disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard you tried he just wouldn’t see your side of the situation. You’re really upset and the more you think about it the more up tight you become. 57. All of a sudden you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest you home, unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You’ve been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE 58. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum mom deep inside the chest. A