Basic Life Support PDF
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Üsküdar University
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This document provides a concise overview of basic life support procedures, including guidelines for cardiac arrest, bleeding control, and wound management. It details techniques like direct pressure and wound packing for various scenarios. The content emphasizes fundamental steps to take during emergency situations.
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Basic life support refers to careprovided by firstrespondersduringcardiacarrestrespiratorydistress fundamental immediate response survivalrate Early BLS canrestart heart Delays fatal Cardiac arrest unresponsive absent abnormal breathing labouredBreathingAgonal 50 incardiacArrest...
Basic life support refers to careprovided by firstrespondersduringcardiacarrestrespiratorydistress fundamental immediate response survivalrate Early BLS canrestart heart Delays fatal Cardiac arrest unresponsive absent abnormal breathing labouredBreathingAgonal 50 incardiacArrest Presenceof seizurelikemovementsoccurinitially brainfunction gaspingmoaningsighing heartstopsbeating cannotcirculateproperly graoning BLS STEP BY STEP CPR mainpriorty 1 checkforresponse compresslowerhalfof sternum centreofchest 2 check abnormal orabsentbreathing 5 6cm deep 100 permin Letcompleterecoilof 1201 chest 3 callemergency 30 2 ratio rescuebreath 4 Start CPR rescuebreath compression in awaythatchestraise 5 WhenAEDarrivesswitchthat Don'tstopCPR untilhelparrive youareexhausted AED machinethatrecognizestheelectricalimpulseofheart giveelectricshock increasechanceofsurvival has clear instruction Bleeding Direct pressure Embedded object universal initialresponsetocontrolBleeding Don'tremoveobject Applypressurearound pressureonBleedingsiteusing Applyingdirect cleanclothtissuepieceof I Ih gauze maitainpressureuntilBleedingstops helparrives ÉÉÉiintro dresswound woundonarmleg raisinglimbaboveheartslowbleeding tour glass ray splinterremove knifedon't can'tbedoneondeep woundslargeblood areasnecktorso vessel incertain. can'tbeusedoncrashinjuriesamputation people withblooddisorderconditionshemophiliaBlood thinners Amputations and crash Tourniquets not if neck leg or back injury residue person forextreme lifethreateningbleeding squeezinglargeblood Applysteadypressure bloodsoak putanother bleedingsite heartsinches fromwoundedge overbonenot joint coveringnottake off tourniquetorcompression first every2hr for swelling muscle a stifness newbleeding not removedloosenuntil care arrive nervemuscledamage deep veinthrombosisorgandamage limbischemiaifappliedwrongfor too long losshypertensiveeffect notonpeoplewithsickle totalblood cell anemiaperipheralvasculardisease Wound packing Pressure points washhandswith soap removebandage pointsonspecificareawherepressurecanbeapplied cleanwoundwithsaline apieceofsterilegauzepackingmaterial tocontrolbleeding 1 femoral area lower artery groin part usefingers pushmaterialintothe wound the healofhandbiwtorsos.ie areasof fill wound woundsecureit cover 2Brachial upperarm lower arm heeljustaboveelbow 3Radial wristhand baseofthumb Homeostatic agent 4supraclavicular neck headneck aboveclavicle substancethatpromotebloodclotting controlbleeding 1Topical a applied site 2 SystemicHa orallyorinjectedpromoteclotformationinbody directlytobleeding thrombinproteinconvertfibrinogen fibrin vonWillebrand Desmopressinrelease factor factorconcen med toreplacemissing r in odeficient peoplewith blood disorders ffffi.baon breakdown clots Tranexamic prevent yg
