1. For staff with direct patient contact
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2. What you will learn in this session
Relevant guidelines, trust policies and processes
Assessing a person who has collapsed
How to call for help
Effective chest compressions
Effective rescue breathing
Effective airway management
Manage an adult who is choking
The recovery position
The importance of a team approach and your role
Reporting and handover procedures

3. Why is this important?
Cardiac arrest is the ultimate medical emergency
Quick, basic life support can save lives
Good technique increases the chances of survival
Bystander CPR before arrival of an emergency team can significantly improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest

4. [organisational context]
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E.g. likely context: hanging, drowning etc.
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5. Sources of information about Adult Basic Life Support
Resuscitation Council (UK)
European Resuscitation Council
[Add local resources here]
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6. Resuscitation Council (UK) (2010) Adult Basic Life Support

7. Chain of survival 7

8. Adult Basic Life Support
PERSON IS UNRESPONSIVE
shout for help
open airway
not breathing normally?
call [insert local number]
30 chest compressions
2 rescue breaths & 30 chest compressions
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9. Approach safely Approach with care Check out the scene
Is it safe for you to approach?
Is the victim safe?
Are all bystanders safe?

10. Check response Shake shoulders gently Ask loudly: “Are you all right?”
If they respond:
Leave them as you find them
Find out what is wrong
Reassess regularly
If they don’t respond:
SHOUT FOR HELP!

11. Open the airway Turn victim onto her / his back Open the airway
Head tilt
Chin lift

12. Head tilt, chin lift
Opens the airway

13. Check breathing Look for chest movement Listen for breath sounds
Feel for air on your cheek

14. Calling for help if not breathing normally
[insert relevant calling criteria here}
Ask someone else to call
Use your mobile if you’re on your own
Only leave the victim if there is no other option
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15. What to say
State the nature of the emergency. e.g. “suspected cardiac arrest”
State the exact location
[add information here on automated external defibrillator (AED) if this is your organisation’s policy]
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16. Start chest compressions
Place the heel of one hand in the centre of the chest
Place heel of other hand on top
Interlock fingers vertically above victims chest, arms straight
Compress the chest:
rate min
depth 5-6 cm
equal compression : relaxation
If more than one rescuer is present, change rescuer every mins

17. Rescue breaths After 30 compressions
[insert reference to pocket masks, if policy]
Pinch the nose
Take a normal breath
Place lips over mouth
Blow until the chest rises
Allow chest to fall
Repeat
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18. Continue CPR
30 chest compressions
2 rescue breaths

19. Only stop if the victim starts:
Coughing
Opening their eyes
Speaking
Moving purposefully
Breathing normally
If there is more than one rescuer, change rescuer / resuscitator every minutes to prevent tiredness
Avoid any delay during changeover
Don’t interrupt chest compressions

20. The recovery position
If the victim starts to breath normally

21. Choking airway obstruction by a foreign body

22. Remember! Children are different, but not a different species
If in doubt use adult guidelines for CPR on a child!

23. Modifications to Adult BLS for children
Give 5 initial rescue breaths before starting chest compression
If you are on your own, perform CPR for 1 min before going for help
Compress the chest by at least 1/3 of its depth
Use two fingers for an infant under 1 year
Use one or two hands for a child over 1 year (as required to achieve an adequate depth of compression)

24. THANK YOU Any Questions?
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