CPR

Attracting a mate: Matlock style.

1. Stare into the eyes of someone who catches your fancy. Fix them in a gaze and apply mild hypnosis.

2. Let them whisper sweet nothings into your ear.

3. Check to see if their Saxo (lowered) keys are in their shirt pocket.

4. Go for it!

As with most in this situation, they are usually totally legless, and mostly 'armless. (sorry :-| )

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Seriously, we had First Aid training on our INSET day today as whole school and covered CPR, bandaging, treating shock, putting on a sling, etc. This class teacher made a far superior nurse than me, I turned her hand a bit blue applying a wrist bandage.

1. Try to talk to the patient, call their name loudly, tap them on the collarbones and pinch their ear lobes hard.

2. Check airway for obstructions, put your ear next to their mouth/nose and look down the body for 10 seconds to check for signs of breathing. If none, shout for help and get someone to phone for an ambulance.

3. Apply 30 compressions three finger-spaces up from the base of the sternum at a rate of about 2 a second.

4. Tip the head back, pinch the nose and blow to fill their lungs. Then repeat compressions/breath until help arrives.


One of those things you hope you will never have to do.

Thank you Paramedic Miss S for letting me blip you :)