Basic Emergency Care

Question 1

You find an unconscious person. What should you do?

Answer 1

Check for danger
Shake them and speak to them
Call for help
Check for breathing and check pulse for up to 10 seconds (then call ambulance)
If breathing - put them in recovery position
No breathing - start CPR
30 chest compressions
2 breaths
Repeat until ambulance arrives

Question 2

Someone is choking, what do you do?

Answer 2

Ask them to cough
If cough is effective, encourage them to continue and monitor them
If cough is ineffective, side to side, support with one hand, warn them, do 5 back blows checking whether it has been dislodged each time
If that doesn’t work, do 5 abdominal thrusts
Continue to alternate
If they collapse, call ambulance and begin CPR

Question 3

What do you do if someone is not breathing but their heart is functioning?

Answer 3

Perform a rescue breath every 6 seconds for 1 minute and reassess
Continue rescue breaths in this manner