Healthcare Provider CPR / AED Certification

CPR For Adults and Children

CPR_Adult

Adult CPR

Adult Age: Puberty signs and older
  • Female: Breast development signs
  • Male: Facial or underarm hair
Rescue Breaths:

Keep the airway open.Apply a face mask or pinch the nose. Breathe-in a regular-sized breath.Provide 2 rescue breaths for 1 second each. Observe for chest rise. Continue compressions straight away.

CPR CHild

Child CPR

In children, the cardiac arrest usually occurs due to respiratory arrest and not due to a heart problem. Common causes include poisoning, injury, drowning, choking, and asthma.

Check Response & Call 911:
  • Tap the child‘s shoulder and shout.
  • If there is no response, call for help.
  • Tell a bystander to call 911 and get the AED yourself.
shoking

Child or Adult Choking:

A serious airway blocking is life-threatening. Identify a choking emergency and act fast. The technique to manage choking is the same for adults and children of age 1 and older. To tell the difference between choking and other emergencies, look for the universal sign of choking: one or both hands at the throat. Suspect choking when someone unexpectedly stops talking.

Mild Chocking:

A person with a mild airway block can cough forcefully or speak. Do not interfere. If the person can speak, he can breathe also. Encourage coughing, and check if the airway blocks severely.

Severe Chocking:

A person with a severe airway block cannot breathe, cough effectively, or speak. He may make a high-pitched sound when inhaling or turn blue around the lips and face.

Cold Related Emergencies

Hypothermia:
The body may lose more heat than it produces when exposed to cold temperatures. Prolonged exposure to cold results in hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature. This occurs even more quickly in wet and cold conditions. Hypothermia is a serious condition, and may be life-threatening.

Older adults have a high risk for hypothermia due to a lower tolerance to prolonged call, and difficulty in sensing temperature drop. Medical conditions such as diabetes and certain medications increase the risk for hypothermia. Children are more at risk because their body temperature regulation is not fully developed, and they may not dress warmly enough or go inside when they are cold.

Help:

  • Shift to a warm location.
  • Call 911.
  • Gently take off wet clothing, dry the skin, and wear dry clothing.
  • Wrap the head and neck in blankets.
  • Try to re-warm the person by moving him near a heat source, or with heating pads, or with containers of warm water, if emergency help is delayed. Maintain safe distance between the skin and the heat source.
  • If the victim is alert, give warm liquids. Avoid alcohol or caffeine.
  • Observe response and breathing.