CPR EMERGENCY FIRST AID PETE BALLARD

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACK INITIAL TREATMENT FOR HEART ATTACK PRIMARY SURVEY CPR COURSE AIM

Purposes of First Aid Preserve Life Prevent Deterioration Promote Recovery

Recognition of a Heart Attack Could include: Chest pains (possibly radiating) Sweating Pale Nausea Shortness of breath

Treatment Sit them down Make them comfortable Reassurance If the victim has medication, they may wish to take it

Primary Assessment Danger Response Airway Breathing Circulation

Response “AVPU” Alert Voice Pain Unresponsive

Airway Check, clear, open and maintain

If the casualty is not breathing through an OPEN AIRWAY, they have failed the primary assessment

Get help! If you don’t call for it, it will never arrive!

CPR FACTS CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION CPR STANDS FOR

make Circulation Chest compressions Expose the chest Place your hands in the centre of the chest Squash the chest by one third Repeat to total of 30 times

Ventilations Give 2 breath’s But a maximum of 2 attempts If the chest doesn’t rise, reposition the head and neck and try again

30 compressions- to move blood 2 ventilations- to put oxygen into the blood continue to alternate swap if getting tired 30 2

Automated defibrillator - designed so that it can be used by an untrained person with no first aid experience - gives audio step by step instructions in how to operate it - it will not give a shock if not required, and the operator cannot accidentally shock themselves or anyone else.

Presented by Peter Ballard