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Use the primary survey to quickly assess the situation and check the casualty for injuries or conditions that could be immediately life threatening. Find out what to do.
When responding to an emergency, it is important to recognise the emotional and
physical needs of everyone involved, including your own.
If an adult is unresponsive and not breathing normally, you need to call 999 or 112 for emergency help and start CPR straight away. Learn what to do.
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Summary
Read the full fact sheet- Always call triple zero [000] in an emergency. This fact sheet is not a substitute for proper CPR training by an accredited organisation.
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] combines rescue breathing [mouth-to-mouth] and chest compressions to temporarily pump enough blood to the brain until specialised treatment is available.
- Chest compressions are the priority in CPR. If you can't to do rescue breathing [mouth-to-mouth] chest compressions alone may still be life-saving. Try to minimise interruptions to chest compressions until help arrives.
- CPR is a life-saving skill that everyone should learn. Courses are available.
- CPR works on the principle of 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths of rescue breathing [mouth-to-mouth] – known as 30:2].
- Automated external defibrillators [AEDs] can be used by anyone in an emergency and are easy to use. Voice prompts guide you through what to do.
- The steps involved in CPR are known as DRSABCD [or ‘doctors ABCD’].
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