ABC - Principles

Airway, Breathing, Circulation.
The rescuer should preform a primary survey to check for life-threatening conditions that require immediate attention.
Using the ABC approach helps the rescuer focus on the critical determinants of survival in the first few minutes after an accident.
- Airway. Ensure the airway is open.
- Breathing. If not breathing, give artificial ventilation.
- Circulation. Stop any bleeding. If the heart has stopped, preform heart massage. Cool

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Thats a great cycle,

Use if victim is unconscience, once he/she starts breathing site them up and put one around their shouldder and keep one of your knees behind them.

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	TrooperMax wrote:
	Thats a great cycle, Use if victim is unconscience, once he/she starts breathing site them up and put one around their shouldder and keep one of your knees behind them.

ACTUALLY, I would put them in the semi prone position (lay them on their side, one knee bent and the opposite arm strait out above their head, head turned so if they puke it will drain out)... that's just me thoe. Then your moniter abc's, treat for shock, wait for an ambulance (or start getting them to a place where an ambulance can pick them up). There is also dynamic cpr for situations where you need to carry a person for a distance to get them to safety while still doing cpr/rescue breathing.

here's a pretty blurry pic of the semi prone position... best i can do right now thoe.

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Yeah Daff, if they are sick semi pron, let them drain ouut then scoup out the puke (yuke), then check vital signs,

i got 96% on the test

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good job on the score troup. I am not critising your technique, just say'n what I would do in the situation. I've never take'n a written test for anything, only practical tests (in total i have had 6 for first aid/cpr/lifeguarding and 3 for oxygen administration). But i've passed all them with no weaknesses so s'all good. Only reason I wouldn't sit up an unconscious person is that I know that I'm clumsy and I could potentially drop them causing more injury (which is a bad thing for me to do!)

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Yeah, i agree with Doug#2. although wather way would do in a situation.