Everyday First Aid: Unconscious and not breathing

Helping someone who is unconscious and not breathing -- call 999 and give chest compressions until help arrives.

This is one of 14 videos on an online learning resource called Everyday First Aid -- an easy way to learn basic first aid skills, featuring real people in real-life scenarios.

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[KumaruSworder]

Anyone else instinctively say "Polo" in response to her "Marco"?

[TRobinson555]

Make sure that you perform compressions to the correct area; avoid the small 'nobbly' part at the lower part of the sternum (called the xiphoid process). During compressions you may hear some cracking of the ribs, don't be overly alarmed by this as it may be necessary to save the persons life.

[turtium]

@Kemmendeble

Thanks for your reply, I appreciate your insight.

I have learned a lot after seeing these videos not from the videos themselves but

from the good responses people have given me while talking about how bad they are.

One lady with asthma (elderly) says she would appreciate and need help with her inhaler

as she is so weakened during an attack to be able to use the mechanism and get it

to spray. I never would have thought I should offer to find and help use it with the person.

[Kemmendeble]

@turtium actually it is more important to keep the blood circulating than giving new air. Although I have to agree with you that the video is awful. It gives a wrong impression about how the ribs break if compression is used. They used quite a good dummy here :D

[turtium]

without giving him 2 breaths of air...

what does she think she is pushing around with continued compressions...

no oxygen has been put back into those purple lips of his or brain or heart...

all she is doing is helping the heart to beat or trigger its own beating eventually at best...

but air is still needed to keep him alive until the medics get there to take over.

This video is awful... and explains nothing as to why compressions are done

or how to do them correctly. Weird.

Tertium

[identity0007]

Has anyone noticed that all of these videos use a colored person and a white person to prevent racism (ps i am colored before u all start calling me a racist)

[FANads]

@nachtwheelman

If he is unconscious and not breathing then you should start chest compressions as soon as possible to give him the best chance of survival - essially he is dead! Even trained paramedics sometimes find it hard to find a pulse and this is all about equipping the general public with first aid skills so they are able to help prior to the emergency services arriving. If you faf around looking for a pulse you are losing valuable time.

[nachtwheelman]

might want to check for a pulse first.