First Aid & CPR Basics : Current CPR Guidelines

Learn the basics of CPR for children and adults, including current CPR guidelines in this free video clip on basic first aid.

Expert: Michele Boyer
Bio: Michele Boyer is a registered respiratory therapist with over 35 years experience using CPR and choking relief skills in acute care settings ranging from university hospitals to small rural hospitals.
Filmmaker: Michele Boyer

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[Medic3715]

What TRIXSTER is saying is right. it goes Airway, Breathing then Circulation.

[gismo124]

shit i could do it better im only qualified in basic first aid this is shit and some wrong info unless it slightly different in uk but still it is shit

[TRIXSTER03]

In a CPR emergency, yes you go for a carotid pulse. In any other emergency without using CPR then you check the radial pulse. (unless it's an infant.) We were talking about the ABC's in general.

[imdaviddalen]

@TRIXSTER03 johnnyboy922 trixter is right, i am a certified first responder and a lifeguard. when he says check airways that primarily means tilting the head back, or into the sniffers position. But Trixter you should never rely on a radial pulse, because usually in an emergency your body wont send blood there, ALWAYS check the carotid

[TRIXSTER03]

Well actually, circulation does fit. In order to do CPR, you need to be not breathing and you can't have a pulse. Pulse checks whether it be a radial pulse check or a carotid pulse.

Also, the skin/ temperature also fits as it's another way to check for shock. Aside from seeing visual signs.

[bishopob]

Your both right. It's taught as A-B-C But that is only as an easily remembered abbreviation for the general public for "panic" assessment. It really makes more sense as B-A-C. As an EFR instructor-trainer (via Master Scuba*PADI*) i always caution checking airway before breathing. And to add to this, circulation doesn't fit the CPR standard anyways and never has. you can be breathing and consious but have inadequate circulation where CPR will be totaly useless. They don't teach that at the Y. lol

[TRIXSTER03]

yes. You always start with a scene survey before moving on to your primary survey.

[TRIXSTER03]

If they are conscious, theyn you can check the airway by doing a modified airway/ a visual airway check. For example, if they are conscious and talk to you and you do not hear any form of gurgling, or you hear no obstruction, than the airway is said to be clear. This goes for breathing to. You can ask the patient, "how is there breathing." etc.

[johnnyboy922]

looks like anyone i go to save is fucked then because ima make sure they are breathing because if they are then i dont care about the airway

[TRIXSTER03]

No you check the airway first. and you don't always stick your finger down their throat. you look in the mouth and if it was a choking emergency then, you would sweep with your finger-- only if you see something. YOU ARE WRONG. Trust me, I am an Advanced Medical First Responder, I have 7 years of expeerience under my belt.