RA 10871 – AN Act requiring Basic Education Students to undergo Age Appropriate Basic Life Support LEGAL BASES
GENERAL OBJECTIVES At the end of the training, participants will be able to acquire knowledge , skills and attitude necessary in an emergency to help sustain life and minimize the consequences of respiratory and cardiac emergencies until more advanced medical help arrives.
Cardiac Arrest is when your heart suddenly stops pumping blood round your body, commonly because of a problem with electrical signals in your heart . When your heart stops pumping blood, your brain is starved of oxygen . This causes you to fall unconscious and stop breathing.
is a series of assessments and interventions using techniques and maneuvers made to bring victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest back to life. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)
CPR SEQUENCE Core concept: Oxygen to the Brain! In order: C ompression- A irway- B reathing Compressions create blood flow by increasing intra-thoracic pressure and directly compress the heart; generate blood flow and oxygen delivery to the myocardium and brain. The C-A-B
Elements of Survey the Scene Scene safety. Mechanism of injury or nature of illness. Take standard precautions. Determine the number of patients Consider additional/specialized resources. SURVEY THE SCENE Once you recognized that an emergency has occurred and decide to act, you must make sure the scene of the emergency is safe for you, the victim/s, and any bystander/s. EMERGENCY ACTION PRINCIPLES 1
WHEN TO START CPR If you see a victim who is: Unconscious/Unresponsive Not breathing or has no normal breathing (only gasping) No definite pulse
RIGOR MORTIS LIVOR MORTIS WHEN NOT TO START CPR All victims of cardiac arrest should receive CPR unless: 1. Patient has a valid DNAR ( D o N ot A ttempt R esuscitation) order. 2. Patient has signs of irreversible death (Rigor Mortis, Decapitation, Dependent Lividity). 3. No physiological benefit can be expected because the vital functions have deteriorated as in septic or cardiogenic shock. DECAPITATION
4. Confirmed gestation of < 23 weeks or birth weight < 400 grams, anencephaly. 5. Attempts to perform CPR would place the rescuer at risk of physical injury. WHEN NOT TO START CPR
WHEN TO STOP CPR? SPONTANEOUS signs of circulation are restored TURNED over to medical services or properly trained and authorized personnel OPERATOR is already exhausted and cannot continue CPR PHYSICIAN assumes responsibility (declares death, takes over, etc.) SCENE becomes unsafe (such as traffic, impending or ongoing violence—gun fires, etc) SIGNED waiver to stop CPR S O T S P S
Check theScene and Responsiveness of the Victim Call for Help Compress 3 C’s on Hand Only CPR
a. SURVEY THE SCENE 1. CHECK THE SCENE SAFETY AND VICTIMS RESPONSIVENESS b. Check responsiveness of the victim
Ask for help from the nearest police station or rescue team. You can use yore cellphone to call for Help. TARSIER 117 Police 911 2. CALL FOR HELP www.illustrationsource.com
Proper Position in Performing CPR 3. COMPRESSION
Place the heel of the second hand on top of the first so that the hands are overlapped and parallel . Do the compression at 100-120 compression per minute at a depth of 2-2.4inches Continue on doing this until rescue team arrives Kneel facing the victim’s chest Place the heel of one hand on the center of the chest 3. COMPRESSION