Rescue Breathing is a First Aid protocol which refers to the delivery of air from a person into a patient who has stopped breathing but continues to have a pulse. In some countries it is called Expired Air Resuscitation or EAR. First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform. ... In medicine, a persons pulse is the throbbing of their arteries as an effect of the heart beat. ...
Description
When a person has not been choking and their airway is clear of obstruction, their body may no longer be breathing but may still have a pulse. This situation is more common in water-related emergencies. A person who is capable will use their own breath at prescribed intervals to push oxygen into the lungs of a patient who isn't breathing. General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 15. ...
Oxygen Percentage
Normal air contains approximately 21% oxygen; air being exhaled by humans contains 16% oxygen, which is more than enough to help a non-breathing patient.[1]
When to stop
Once begun, rescue breathing cannot be stopped unless:
The patient begins breathing on their own again.
Advanced medical professionals arrive and relieve the rescuer.
The patient's circulations stops. In this situation, the rescuer now begins CPR.
The rescuer is too exhausted to continue.
The patient must be moved immediately to protect the patient or rescuer.
For other meanings of CPR, see CPR (disambiguation). ...
References
^ Physical Intervention: Life Support (Rescue Breathing). URL accessed on Dec 29, 2005.
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External links
Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything (Rescue Breathing)
Expired Air Resuscitation
Basic first aid advice from the Australian New South Wales ambulance service
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