FIRST AID MANUAL
FIRST AID SKILLS MASTERY APP
Must read for everybody.
American Heart Association says :
"We define first aid as the assessments and interventions that can be performed by a bystander (or by the victim) with minimal or no medical equipment. We strongly believe that education in first aid should be universal: everyone can learn first aid and everyone should"
From - 2010 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid
17. CHEST THRUSTS IN OBESE VICTIMS
CHEST THRUSTS IN PREGNANT OR VERY FAT VICTIMS
1) Stand behind the victim
2) Put your arms round the chest under the armpits
3) Keep your fist over the center of the chest in between the upper and
lower ends of the breastbone
4) Fist is kept with the thumb over the chest
5) Put your other hand over the fist
6) Give several rapid thrusts directed towards the heart
7) Thrusts should be separated by a several seconds pause
8) Keep on giving the manual thrusts until the foreign body is ejected
or the victim becomes unresponsive
9) Then follow the HM in an unconscious victim