ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION/
BASIC CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
Part A: Airway and Respiration
1. Establish unresponsiveness by tapping the
victim’s shoulder and shouting, "Are you all
right?"
2. Shout for help. If no one responds,
activate the emergency response system,
get an automatic external defibrillator
(AED), if available, and return to the victim.
3. Roll the casualty as a unit onto his/her
back.
4. Open the airway using the head-tilt/chin-
lift method.
5. LOOK, LISTEN, and FEEL for breathing
for 5 to10 seconds.
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6. If the casualty is breathing, keep the airway
open. Monitor the casualty.
7. If the casualty is NOT breathing, give 2
full breaths.
a. If the airway is blocked, reposition the
head and ventilate again.
b. If the airway is still blocked, clear the
airway in accordance with foreign body
airway obstruction (FBAO) management
procedures.
c. Ventilate after the airway is open by giving
2 full breaths.
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8. For an adult or child, check for a pulse at
the neck. For an infant, check for a pulse at
the inside upper arm.
a. If the pulse is present, continue
rescue breathing.
(1) Give an adult 1 breath every 5 to
6 seconds (12 breaths per minute).
(2) Give a child 1 breath every 3
seconds (20 breaths per minute).
(3) Give an infant 1 breath every 3
seconds (20 breaths per minute).
b. If there is no pulse, begin
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
