Emergency and First Aid
Drs. ABCD
Danger
Ensure the area is safe for yourself, others and the patient.
Response
Check for a response
Ask patient for their name, squeeze patients shoulders, ask them to squeeze your hand.
Send Help
Call triple zero (000) for an ambulance or ask another person to make the call.
Airway
Open the mouth and check the airway for foreign material.
No foreign material?
Leave in position.
Open the airway by tilting the head back with a chin lift.
Breathing
Check for breathing: look, listen, and feel for 10 seconds.
Not normal breathing?
Ensure and ambulance has been called; start CPR.
Normal breathing?
Place in the recovery position and monitor breathing.
CPR
Start CPR
30 chest compressions : 2 breaths
Continue CPR until help arrives or the patient starts breathing.
Defibrillator
Attach defibrillator (AED) and follow the voice prompts.