CPR - ACI - Choking

TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTARILY GIVE CARE WITHOUT ACCEPTING ANYTHING IN RETURN

TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM HELPING OTHERS IN AN EMERGENCY

Someone with equal or more training arrives

You become exhausted

It becomes dangerous for you to stay

You are late for an appointment

tap their arm and whisper in their ear

Tap the Shoulder and Shout "Are you OK"!

Start CPR

Check for Breathing

Begin Compressions

Call (or have someone call) 911

5 seconds

10 seconds

20 seconds

30 seconds

watch for chest rise and fall

you ask them "Are you breathing?"

look in their mouth

1"

1-1/2"

At Least 2"

Ribs MUST be broken for proper CPR.

The airway should be opened using the head tilt-chin lift method

Breaths should raise the chest, not the stomach

The nose should be pinched shut

15 to 1

15 to 2

30 to 2

60 to 4

THE PERSON SHOWS AN OBVIOUS SIGN OF LIFE

ANOTHER TRAINED RESPONDER OR EMS PERSONNEL TAKE OVER

YOU ARE TOO EXHAUSTED TO CONTINUE

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Call for help

Check for pulse

Resume CPR with compressions

Clean AED paddles for next use

The chest and stomach of the person's torso.

The upper right chest and the lower left side of the chest.

The upper right and upper left chest.

Calling for help

Clutching the neck

Raising two fingers in the air

Waving a hand

The object becomes dislodged or the victim becomes unconscious 

Approximately 1 inch

Approximately 1½ inches

Approximately 2 inches

Approximately 2½ inches