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10 First Aid Mistakes Explained by a Professional

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What is anaphylaxis? | Anaphylactic shock | First Aid | iHASCO

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This post was updated in April 2018. Anyone who's been stabbed needs immediate help. Their life could be at risk.
Helping someone who's been stabbed is actually pretty straightforward. Just follow these steps and you could save someone's life.

Three simple steps to help someone who's been stabbed:

1. Put pressure on the wound.

2. Call 999.

3. Keep pressure on the wound until an ambulance arrives.

What if there is an object in the wound?

If there is an object in the wound, don't remove it as this could make the bleeding a lot worse. Apply pressure around it.

The person looks pale, feels cold and is dizzy. What does this mean?

This means there isn't enough blood flowing through the body. This physical response to an injury is called shock, and it can be life-threatening.

If you suspect someone is going into shock:

continue to apply pressure to the wound to stop the blood coming out

call 999 if you haven't already done so

lie them down and lift their feet higher than the rest of their body. This keeps their legs higher than their heart, which helps increase blood flow to their brain and heart

reassure them and wrap them in coats or a blanket to keep them warm.

Is there anything else I can do?

The best thing you can do is keep applying pressure to the wound to help stop or slow the blood flow and wait for an ambulance to arrive.

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This post was updated in April 2018. Anyone who's been stabbed needs immediate help. Their life could be at risk. Helping someone who's been stabbed is actually pretty straightforward. Just follow these steps and you could save someone's life. Three simple steps to help someone who's been stabbed: Put pressure on the wound.

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Basic first aid / Cymorth Cyntaf Sylfaenol

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Basic first aid / Cymorth Cyntaf Sylfaenol

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Fist aid guide -  Resources for professionals / Canllaw cymorth cyntaf i gweithwyr proffesiynol

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Fist aid guide -  Resources for professionals / Canllaw cymorth cyntaf i gweithwyr proffesiynol

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First aid - Choking / Cymorth cyntaf tagu

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First aid - Choking / Cymorth cyntaf tagu

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This page provides information and guidance about hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and CPR with rescue breaths.

Hands-only CPR

To carry out a chest compression:

1. Place the heel of your hand on the breastbone at the centre of the person's chest. Place your other hand on top of your first hand and interlock your fingers.

2. Position yourself with your shoulders above your hands.

3. Using your body weight (not just your arms), press straight down by 5 to 6cm (2 to 2.5 inches) on their chest.

4. Keeping your hands on their chest, release the compression and allow the chest to return to its original position.

5. Repeat these compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 times a minute until an ambulance arrives or you become exhausted.

When you call for an ambulance, telephone systems now exist that can give basic life-saving instructions, including advice about CPR.

These are now common and are easily accessible with mobile phones.

CPR with rescue breaths

If you have been trained in CPR, including rescue breaths, and feel confident using your skills, you should give chest compressions with rescue breaths.

If you're not completely confident, attempt hands-only CPR instead.

Adults

1. Place the heel of your hand on the centre of the person's chest, then place the other hand on top and press down by 5 to 6cm (2 to 2.5 inches) at a steady rate of 100 to 120 compressions a minute.

2. After every 30 chest compressions, give 2 rescue breaths.

3. Tilt the casualty's head gently and lift the chin up with 2 fingers. Pinch the person's nose. Seal your mouth over their mouth, and blow steadily and firmly into their mouth for about 1 second. Check that their chest rises. Give 2 rescue breaths.

4. Continue with cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths until they begin to recover or emergency help arrives.

Children over 1 year old

1. Open the child's airway by placing 1 hand on their forehead and gently tilting their head back and lifting the chin. Remove any visible obstructions from the mouth and nose.

2. Pinch their nose. Seal your mouth over their mouth, and blow steadily and firmly into their mouth, checking that their chest rises. Give 5 initial rescue breaths.

3. Place the heel of 1 hand on the centre of their chest and push down by 5cm (about 2 inches), which is approximately one-third of the chest diameter. The quality (depth) of chest compressions is very important. Use 2 hands if you can't achieve a depth of 5cm using 1 hand.

4. After every 30 chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 a minute, give 2 breaths.

5. Continue with cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths until they begin to recover or emergency help arrives.

Infants under 1 year old

1. Open the infant's airway by placing 1 hand on their forehead and gently tilting the head back and lifting the chin. Remove any visible obstructions from the mouth and nose.

2. Place your mouth over the mouth and nose of the infant and blow steadily and firmly into their mouth, checking that their chest rises. Give 5 initial rescue breaths.

3. Place 2 fingers in the middle of the chest and push down by 4cm (about 1.5 inches), which is approximately one-third of the chest diameter. The quality (depth) of chest compressions is very important. Use the heel of 1 hand if you can't achieve a depth of 4cm using the tips of 2 fingers.

4. After 30 chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 a minute, give 2 rescue breaths.

5. Continue with cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths until they begin to recover or emergency help arrives.

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This page provides information and guidance about hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and CPR with rescue breaths. To carry out a chest compression: Place the heel of your hand on the breastbone at the centre of the person's chest. Place your other hand on top of your first hand and interlock your fingers.

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Hands Only CPR Video - Live Training Version