Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR),Accidents Managment and CPR training

                                                     

Every human being in his/her life encounter some worst moments like car accidents , bomb blast, natural disasters etc these bad moment commonly appear by surprise ,suddenly. Then some questions could come to head such as what do i do?when such situations occur it is important to take right decision to save lives thus it necessary to learn about first aid CPR is part of first aid which is  is an emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest. It is indicated in those who are unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing,CPR is a basic tool to handle accidents and other life threatening problems.following steps should be taken in these situations.

• check for danger
• check for response 
• call for help
• check for airway
• check for breathing
• check for circulation

CHECK FOR DANGER.
check any kind of danger to yourself or to the affected person try to make area and people around there safe.
CHECK FOR RESPONSE.
For checking mental status speak to the casualty ask questions are you ok ? you can also check response by touching them.
CALL FOR HELP.
if there is no response call or help to nearest hospital ,emergency service etc do not forget to tell to operator following information

• Information about injured person and his state
• Nature of accident
• number of people involved
• area address your phone number
• and any other info asked by operator

CHECK THE AIRWAY.

• First open the mouth and check inside for any particle that obstruct the airway if you find any try to remove it gently.
• If the person is unconscious then open the mouth look inside and if mouth is clear then tilt his head gently back by lifting their chin and check for breathing.
• Be careful to such a patient who has neck spine injury movement of any kind in these patient may worsen situation so try to stabilize their neck and spine.
• Breathing can be checked by looking chest movements, listen to the air movement into nose and mouth, and feeling chest movement by putting your hand on patient chest.
• if he is breathing and unconscious then place him into recovery position.

                                                                      

• If the casualty is unconscious and not breathing then we have to immediately start CPR.
• place your hand on his forehead,and pinch his nostrils together with the thumb and index finger of this hand. Let this same hand exert pressure on his forehead to maintain backward head tilt and maintain an open airway.
• With your hand.keep your fingertips on the bony part of the lower jaw near the chin and lift. 
• Take deep breath and place your mouth around the casualty mouth and blow two full breath into casualty mouth. 
• Now check the pulse if pulse is not felt and heart is not beating then place one hand on the back of other make a grip and place the heel of the first hand in the lower part of middle(sternum) bone of chest and start compressing up to 5 cm .

• After compressing 15 times again check pulse ,breathing if not found repeat the procedure.
• keep repeating these procedure until professional help arrives.

                                                       

By Dr Aamir iqbal