1. CPR EMERGENCY FIRST AID PETE BALLARD

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

3. Purposes of First Aid Preserve Life Prevent Deterioration Promote Recovery

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

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

6. Primary Assessment Danger Response Airway Breathing Circulation

7. Response “AVPU” Alert Voice Pain Unresponsive

8. Airway Check, clear, open and maintain

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

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

11. CPR FACTS CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION CPR STANDS FOR

12. 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

13. 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

14. 30 compressions- to move blood 2 ventilations- to put oxygen into the blood continue to alternate swap if getting tired 30 2

15. 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.

16. Presented by Peter Ballard