Basic First Aid Skills

Kierra Salois
How to perform CPR
Determine if the patient needs CPR by following these steps:

1. Check scene and patient.

2. Call 9-1-1.
3. Check for breathing.

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How to perform CPR
CPR Steps:

1. Place your hands, one on top of the other, in the middle of

the chest and administer compressions.
2. Deliver rescue breaths.
3. Continue CPR steps until the person shows signs of life or
until a trained medical responder arrives.
How to perform CPR
How to perform the Heimlich maneuver
Determine whether you need to perform abdominal thrusts.

Administer first aid if the person is:

1. Not coughing.
2. Unable to speak or breathe.
3. Signaling for help.
How to perform the Heimlich maneuver
Steps:

1. Get the person to stand up.

2. Position yourself behind the person.
3. Lean forward and give five blows on their back with the heel
of your hand.
4. Place your arms around their waist.
5. Make a fist and place it just above the navel, thumb side up.
How to perform the Heimlich maneuver
6. Grab the fist with your other hand and push it inwards and
upwards at the same time.

7. Repeat until object is dislodged or the person can breathe or

cough on their own.
How to perform the Heimlich maneuver
How to stop bleeding wounds
1. Apply direct pressure on the cut or wound with a clean cloth,
tissue, or piece of gauze until bleeding stops.
2. If blood soaks through the material, don’t remove it. Put
more cloth or gauze on top of it and continue to apply
pressure.
3. If the wound is on an arm or leg, raise limb above the heart,
if possible, to help slow the bleeding.
Sources
Brouhard, Rod, and Richard N. Fogoros. “Basic First Aid Procedures You Should Know.”

Verywell Health, Very well health,

www.verywellhealth.com/basic-first-aid-procedures-1298578.

Crisp, Stuart. “First Aid – What Everybody Should Know.” Netdoctor, Netdoctor, 9 May

2018,www.netdoctor.co.uk/conditions/accidents-and-first-aid/a5367/first-aid-8211-what-everybody-should-know/.

“How to perform CPR.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 July

2014,www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosVBV96E2g.