Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Description
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Maintaining an airway and supporting breathing and circulation without the use of technology is what basic life support (BLS) entails (except for a protective shield).
It includes the following steps: (a) initial evaluation; (b) airway maintenance; (c) expired air ventilation; and (d) chest compression. [1]Cardiac arrests and accidents are perhaps the most prevalent types of serious emergencies, yet basic actions and abilities can help, and timely CPR can double or treble the odds of survival. [2] Within 3–5 minutes following collapse, delivering a shock with a defibrillator (CPR plus defibrillation) can result in a survival probability of 49–75 %. [2]
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)[edit | edit source]
When the heart stops beating, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is used to save the patient's life.After a cardiac arrest, immediate CPR can double or triple the possibilities of survival.
STEPS[edit | edit source]
COMBINE RESCUE BREATHING WITH CHEST COMPRESSIONS[edit | edit source]
- Use head tilt and chin lift to reopen the airway after 30 compressions.
- Pinch the soft section of the victim's nose closed with your index and thumb on the forehead
Allow the victim's mouth to open, while keep the chin lifted. - Take a regular breath and place your lips around the victim's mouth, ensuring an airtight seal.
- Blow slowly and steadily into the mouth while keeping an eye on the chest to see if it rises, about 1 second, as in normal breathing.It is a good rescue breath.
- Keep your head tilted and chin lifted as you take your mouth away from the sufferer and watch for the chest to drop as air escapes.
- Take another regular breath and blow into the victim's mouth once more for a total of two rescue breaths.
- Even if one or both of the breaths are ineffective, do not stop compressions for more than 10 seconds to deliver the two breaths.
- Return your hands to the correct position on the sternum immediately and give another 30 chest compressions
- Maintain a 30:2 ratio of chest compressions and rescue breaths.[3]
COMPRESSION-ONLY CPR[edit | edit source]
Give chest-compression-only CPR if you are unprepared or unable to give rescue breaths (continuous compressions at a rate of 100-120 min-1) [3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mclean JA. Basic life support. British journal of sports medicine. 2000 Apr 1;34(2):141-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Almesned A, Almeman A, Alakhtar AM, AlAboudi AA, Alotaibi AZ, Al-Ghasham YA, Aldamegh MS. Basic life support knowledge of healthcare students and professionals in the Qassim University. International journal of health sciences. 2014 Apr;8(2):141.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 European Resucitaion Council.Guidlelines 2021. Available from: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8W0xHeet2hoJ:https://cprguidelines.eu/assets/posters/3.BLS-Algorithms-STEP-BY-STEP.pdf+&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk&client=firefox-b-d
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hizBdM1Ob68
