C
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Start CPR
Place your hands over the lower half of the
casualty’s chest; compressions are to a
depth of one-third the depth of their chest,
at a ratio of 30 compressions to two breaths,
and at a rate of 100 compressions /minute,
with minimal disruptions for the delivery
of breaths.
When you give the breaths, gently tilt the
casualty’s head back, pinch their nose and
deliver the breaths, aiming to achieve the
normal rise and fall of their chest.
If you are not comfortable delivering breaths
to the casualty, compression only CPR can
be utilised. It is better to do this than nothing
at all.
For more information
on the DRSABCD Action
Plan, visit stjohn.org.au
or call 1300 360 455.
D
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Defibrilation
Many public venues such as shopping
centres, arenas, schools and workplaces
now have small, portable defibrillators that
can be used by people without medical
training. Used within five minutes, an
Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) can
greatly increase a person’s chances of
surviving a heart attack.
To use an AED, simply turn it on, follow the
verbal prompts and deliver a shock when
advised.
If a patient is already receiving CPR, do not
disrupt the delivery of CPR to attach the
AED, if possible. Where there are two first
aiders, one delivers CPR while the second
works around the other to attach the AED.
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