SKILL

 

OLD

 

NEW

 

Adult/Child Conscious Choking

 

Abdominal Thrusts

 

5 back blows

5 abdominal thrusts

Adult/Child

Unconscious

Choking

Breaths/ re-tilt/ breaths again/

 abdominal thrusts/

sweep

Breaths/re-tilt/

try breaths again/

30 chest compressions/

look for object – remove if see - if not repeat 30 chest comp/

look/2 breaths/ until breaths go in or object is seen.

 

Hypothermia

 

Check for signs of life & or pulse

 20-45 seconds

(donŐt shake hypothermic person)

 

Closed Wounds

 

Plastic bag with ice with thin barrier between

Ice & skin for no more than 20 minutes.

 
Burns

 

Flush area with large amounts of water.

Still flush the burn with large amounts of cold running water, but,

no ice or ice water except on small superficial burns

& then for no more than 10 minutes.

 

Stroke

 

Think F.A.S.T. – Weakness on one side of Face (ask to smile)

Arm – weakness or numbness in one arm (ask to raise both arms)

Speech, slurred or trouble speaking (ask to speak simple sentence)

Time, time to call for help 9-1-1