Rescue Breathing

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Rescue Breathing

• Adult
• Child
• Infant

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Eight Steps to Perform Basic Life Support

• 1. Check victims responsiveness
• 2. Call 9-1-1
• 3. Open airway
• 4. Check breathing
• 5. Check circulation
• 6. Perform CPR
• 7. Recheck circulation
• 8. Perform rescue procedures based on findings

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Check Responsiveness

• Tap victim on shoulder and ask Are you okay?
• DO NOT shake victim

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Activate EMS

• If victim is unresponsive, activate EMS
  immediately
• Instruct a bystander to call
• If you are alone, you must activate EMS before
  performing any other step

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Position Victim

• If unresponsive victim is breathing, place in
  recovery position
• If uncertain if victim is breathing, roll victim
  over onto his or her back
• Keep head, neck, and shoulders aligned
• Victim must be on firm, flat surface

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Open the Airway

• Tilt the head and lift the chin
• Remove any visible objects from mouth
• If victim has possible spinal injury, use jaw
  thrust without a head tilt

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Check for Breathing

• Look, listen, and feel for breathing

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Perform Rescue Breathing

• Mouth-to-mouth method
• 1. Make certain airway is open
• 2. Pinch victims nostrils
• 3. Take a deep breath
• 4. Make a tight seal with your mouth around
  victims

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• 5. Slowly breath air into victims mouth until
  victims chest rises
• 6. Remove your mouth to let the air come out and
  turn your head away
• 7. Repeat one more breath

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Check for Signs of Circulation

• After giving two rescue breaths, check for signs
  of circulation
• Pulse
• Breathing
• Coughing
• Movement
• Normal skin condition

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Rates

• Adult rescue breathing 1 breath/5 seconds
• Child rescue breathing 1 breath/3 seconds
• Keep hand on forehead
• Infant rescue breathing 1 breath/3 seconds
• Keep hand on forehead

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Infant Basic Life Support

• 1. Check responsiveness
• 2. Activate EMS
• If alone, call after 1 minute of resuscitation
• 3. Open airway
• 4. Check for breathing for 10 seconds

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Infant Basic Life Support

• 5. If not breathing, give two slow breaths
• Place your mouth over victims mouth and nose, or
  nose only
• Give 2 slow breaths

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Infant Basic Life Support

• Watch chest to see if breaths go in
• Allow chest to deflate after each breath
• If breaths do not go in
• Re-tilt head and try again

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Infant Basic Life Support

• 6. Check for signs of circulation for 10 seconds
• 7. If no breathing, but there is a pulse
• Give 1 breath every 3 seconds
• Recheck signs of circulation every minute

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Alternative Methods of Performing Rescue Breathing

• Mouth-to-barrier device
• Mouth-to-stoma
• Mouth-to-nose