PERFORM RESCUE BREATHING
Given:
Simulated unconscious casualty lying on his back with arms at his sides
GO
NO-GO
1.
Opens the casualty's airway.
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2.
Closes the casualty's nostrils.
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3.
Administers two full breaths. (Forms seal with mouth when
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performing ventilations; ventilations completed in 3-4
seconds.)
4.
If ventilations were not successful, opens casualty's airway
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more and tries again.
5.
Checks casualty's carotid pulse (artery on side of neck next
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to Adam's apple) for 5-10 seconds.
6.
Continues administering breaths at the rate of one
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ventilation every 5 seconds.
7.
Stops administering ventilations to check pulse about every
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minute.
OVERALL EVALUATION
GO
NO-GO
(A no-go on any step will result in a no-go for the entire
task)
MD0877
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