FIRST AID MANUAL: ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION MOUTH TO NOSE

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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

19. ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION MOUTH TO NOSE

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION - Mouth-to-nose ventilation
1) Tilt the head back using head-tilt/chin-lift method
2) Close the victim's mouth tightly with one hand
3) Keep the other hand on the forehead of the victim
4) Take a deep breath
5) Put your mouth over the victim's nose and breathe out into the victim's chest until it
rises
6) When the vicitm's chest rises stop breathing into the vicitms chest and let air escape
out of the victim's chest through the mouth and nose
7) It is important to open the mouth of the victim in this procedure