BLS

• What is covered in the primary survey?


  A - airway

  • is it blocked? can they talk?
  • head tilt, chin lift, jaw thrust

  B - breathing

  • is it regular?
  • is it rising unevenly - one side more than the other

  C - circulation

  • any cuts or bleeding?
• What is the chain of survival?


  Recognition - to prevent cardiac arrest

  Early CPR - to buy time

  Early defibrillation - to restart the heart

  Post resuscitation care - restore quality of life
• When should you start CPR?


  • when you do not think there are any signs of life
  • when you don't think there is normal breathing

  If in doubt, start CPR
• What is the process for when someone is choking?


  Mild

  • airway obstruction - ineffective cough
  • encourage cough

  Severe

  • ineffective cough
  • unconscious - start CPR
  • conscious - 5 back slaps, 5 abdominal thrusts