Drowning kills through a single mechanism above everything else, the interruption of oxygen to the brain, and the speed of rescue and resuscitation is what decides whether someone survives it with no lasting harm. Understanding […]
Vital signs observations give you a snapshot of how a patient’s body is coping, and more importantly, a way to track whether they are improving or deteriorating over time. A single reading tells you relatively […]
The secondary survey is the systematic head to toe check you carry out once the immediate life threats have been managed. Where the primary survey asks whether this person is about to die right now, […]
Vomiting during resuscitation is more common than most people expect, and how you handle it in the moment can be the difference between a clear airway and a fatal aspiration. It happens often enough that […]
Pregnancy changes how the body responds to collapse and to CPR itself, mainly because a woman’s own anatomy starts working against her once she is lying flat in the later stages of pregnancy. Knowing this […]
Checking a pulse tells you whether a person’s heart is still pumping blood around their body. It sounds simple, but under stress it is one of the skills people fumble most, which is part of […]
CPR is exhausting. Good quality chest two person cpr changeover compressions performed correctly will tire even a fit rescuer within about two minutes, and tired compressions become shallow compressions, which means less blood reaching the […]
Rescue breathing puts oxygen into a person’s lungs when they have stopped breathing on their own but still have a heartbeat, or as part of full CPR when both breathing and circulation have stopped. It […]
Cardiac arrest in children and infants is usually caused by a breathing problem rather than a sudden heart rhythm problem, which is the opposite of what typically causes cardiac arrest in adults. That single difference […]
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as cpr for adults ratio, keeps blood carrying oxygen moving to the brain and heart when someone’s own heart has stopped pumping effectively. Starting CPR quickly and doing it well can double […]
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