KOy Vaasan Ruutu

Sudden illness or accident

Clarify and check

• What has happened?
• Check the person's condition (do they wake up, are they breathing?)

Give first aid if needed.

• Turn an unconscious but breathing patient into the recovery position on their side.
• If the person is not breathing, start with first aid.

Make an emergency call.

• Call the number 112.
• Tell where you are calling from. Poikkikuja 7, VAASA
• Tell what happened
• Act according to directions.
• Inform the emergency centre of any changes that take place in the condition of the patient.

Adult basic life support

Recognition of cardiac arrest

• CPR should be started on any unresponsive patient
  • who is not breathing
  • whose breathing is not normal
• loud/crackling and irregular breathing in an unresponsive person indicates cardiac arrest

Notification of emergency

• An emergency call should be made immediately to the public emergency number 112
  • if the person is unresponsive
  • if the person is not breathing normally
• If you are resuscitating a person alone
  • put the phone on speakerphone
  • you can resuscitate and listen to the instructions from the emergency centre

Pressure CPR

• CPR should be started as soon as possible
  • the point of application of pressure is the lower part of the sternum
  • the base of the palm of one hand on the pressure point and the other hand on top of it
  • it is recommended to change the pressure reliever every 2 minutes (if possible)
• The stimulation should be started with 30 compressions

Puffing Relief

• Alternate between 30 compressions and 2 inflations
• Blow for two calm puffs of about one second
  • the chest should rise and fall with the blows
• If puffing fails, continue uninterrupted puffing