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Erik Helms

Program Director

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 Section 1: Introduction

This student handbook serves as a reference guide with a simple design and easy-to-follow skill guides for basic life support (BLS). For the purpose of this program, the term abase means recognition of signs of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), heart attack, stroke, and foreign-body obstruction (FBAO); cardiopulmonary resuscitation gap's . and defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED).3 This program is intended for community members and people who do not work in the healthcare field but are required or just desire to have AED knowledge and skills. This includes emergency response teams in business, industry, and government, school bus drivers, adult residential care personnel, child care workers, teachers, parents, babysitting and others. American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) certification may only be issued when an ASHI-authorized Instructor verifies you have successfully completed and competently performed the required core knowledge and skill objectives of the program. By itself, this handbook does not constitute complete training.

Universal Basic Life Support Procedures*

ASSESS: Not moving? unresponsive?

ALERT: Call 9-1-1. Activate Emergency Action Plan - Get AED and Emergency Oxygen.

ATTEND:
A = Airway Open airway
Tilt Head - Lift Chin

B = BREATHING
Check breathing look, listen and feel for 5, but no more than 10 seconds.
lf not breathing, give 2 breaths Allah make chest visibly rise.

C = COMPRESSIONS
30 compressions, 2 breaths. Repeat.

Push Chest hard and fast (100x per min.) Allow chest to recoil completely. Minlmize interruptions.

Adult: Continue 30:2 - attach AED as soon as it arrives.
Child: Continue 30:2 for 5 cycles, then attach AED.
Infant: Continue 30:2.

D = DEFIBRILLATION
Adult/child over 1 yeas old expose chests turn on AED, attach.

Attach AED.
FOLLOW VOICE PROMPTS

SHOCK Advised?
Clear, Give 1 shock.
Immediately resume CPR
continue 30 compressions 2 breaths x 5 cycles.
Check rhythms,

NO SHOCK Avised?

Immediately resume CPR
continue 30 compressions 2 breaths x 5 cycles.
Check rhythms,

Note: If a Child or infant is unresponsive and is not moving, shout for help and immediately start CPR. Provide about 2 minutes of CPR before leaving the child to alert EMS( Call 9-1-1) and get an AED and emergency oxygen (if available)