CPR and Basic Life Support: Skills That Save Lives
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CPR and Basic Life Support: Skills That Save Lives

Learn CPR and basic life support techniques. Step-by-step guide to adult, child, and infant CPR.

Ethan Walker
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Recognising Cardiac Arrest

  • Unresponsive
  • Not breathing normally
  • No signs of life

Adult CPR Steps

  1. Check for danger
  2. Check response - Tap shoulders, shout
  3. Call 999 - Put on speaker
  4. Open airway - Tilt head, lift chin
  5. 30 chest compressions - 5-6cm deep, 100-120/min
  6. 2 rescue breaths - Watch chest rise
  7. Continue 30:2 until help arrives

Hands-Only CPR

If you can't give breaths:

  • Call 999
  • Push hard and fast on chest
  • Don't stop until help arrives

Using an AED

  1. Turn on AED
  2. Expose chest, attach pads
  3. Stand clear during analysis
  4. If shock advised, press button
  5. Resume CPR immediately

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