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Adult/Child Conscious Choking
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Abdominal Thrusts |
5 back blows 5 abdominal thrusts |
Adult/ChildUnconscious 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. |
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Hypothermia |
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Check for signs of life & or pulse 20-45 seconds (donŐt shake hypothermic person) |
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Closed Wounds |
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Plastic bag with ice with thin barrier between Ice & skin for no more than 20 minutes. |
Burns
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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. |
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Stroke |
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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 |
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