❤️ First aid and CPR

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The skill that saves the most lives. Nothing replaces a hands-on course: the Red Cross and civil protection agencies run them.

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Step by step

  1. Protect (no more casualties, starting with you), Alert (your local emergency number (112 in Europe, 911 in North America)) and Help.
  2. Bleeding: firm, continuous direct pressure on the wound with a clean cloth. Don't remove the first cloth: put another on top.
  3. If they don't respond and aren't breathing normally: call your local emergency number (112 in Europe, 911 in North America) (on speaker) and start CPR.
  4. CPR in adults: hands in the center of the chest, arms straight, 100–120 compressions a minute, 5–6 cm (2–2.4 in) deep, letting the chest come back up.
  5. If you know how, 30 compressions and 2 rescue breaths; if not, compressions only, without stopping until help or a defibrillator (AED) arrives.
  6. If they're breathing but don't respond: recovery position, and keep checking that they're still breathing.

Safety

Source: European Resuscitation Council (ERC), 2021 guidelines

Survival skills, step by step