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How to perform CPR:

• Check the scene and the person. Make sure that the scene is safe, then tap the person on the shoulder and shout “are you OK?” to make sure that the person needs help.
• Call on emergency number to get medical assistance.
• Tilt the head of the person back and lift the chin up to open his or her airway.
• Check for breathing.
• Place your hands on the middle of the chest one on each other. Give steady compressions not too hard at a rate of 100 compressions per minute.

• Give 2 rescue breaths mouth to mouth and then continue the compressions.
• Keep performing the compressions until the person shows the signs of life.

• Check the size of the cut.
• Check the location of the cut.
• Check the amount of bleed.
• Remove any cloth around the wound.
• Firstly apply the pressure on the wound.
• If there is any object in the wound don’t pull it out of the wound.
• If there is a small cut on the finger then clean the wound with simply the tap water.
• Apply any antibiotic to the wound to prevent any bacterial infection.
• Cover the wound with a gauze or a clean cloth.
• If the cut is too wide or big then get stitches.
• Keep an eye on the wound so that there may be not any bacterial infection or any pus.
• Take a tetanus shot.

• The person may starts sweating excessively.
• He starts shaking.
• He gets out of breath.
• He may chock.
• He starts having nausea.
• He starts feeling dizziness.
• He may experiences chest pain.
• His heart starts racing.

• Pay attention to what is going on.
• Take deep breaths.
• Think realistic. Don’t imagine things in your head.

• Be supportive.
• Don’t ever say anything like be relax or calm down. Calming down for them may be not easy and they may become more panic.
• Ask them what they want to do and allow them to do that.

• Look for the Face if it is drooped.
• Look for the Arms if the person can’t raise both arms easily.
• Look for the Speech if the person has a slurred speech or starts talking funny.
• Then it is the Time to call an emergency.

• He can’t stand up.
• He starts sweating excessively.

• Immediately get the person out of the sun to any air conditioned or any shady place.
• Hydrate the person with water.
• Look for any sport drink having less sugar.

• Start talking funny.
• Passes out.

• Move them to any shady area.
• Start fanning them off.
• Remove any extra clothing.
• Put water on the body or wet towel all over the body.
• Make sure you not cover the entire neck with the wet towels.
• Put ice bags around the neck in arm pits and groin region.
• Call an emergency.

• He experiences difficulty in breathing.
• He starts wheezing.
• He starts coughing.
• His nails and lips become blue due to shortness of oxygen.

• Sit them down. Sitting position is better for asthma patients than lying down.
• Open any doors or windows to let the air come in.
• Ask them to take breaths slowly and calmly.
• Shake their inhaler.
• Instead of putting the inhaler in to their mouth hand them the inhaler because they know how to use it.
• If they are in a bad condition then put the inhaler in to their mouth and give 4 puffs with 4 deep breaths.
• Wait for 4-5 minutes. If they don’t get better call an emergency.

• Remove any harmful objects near the person.
• Give them a head support.
• Don’t put anything in to the mouth of the person having a seizure attack.
• Make sure that there airway is not obstructed. Tilt their head back and chin up to prevent vomiting.
• Mostly seizures end in 4-5 minutes. After the seizure ends move them to their side.

• If someone is having a heart attack then following symptoms may be observed:
• The person may be out of breath.
• The person may feel discomfort.
• The person may have pain in his chest, jaws, upper abdomen and upper back.
• The Person may feel nausea.
• The person may start sweating excessively.

• Check out the pulse of the person having heart attack.
• If he has a history of vessel congestion give him aspirin or nitroglycerin to chew and swallow.
• Perform CPR.
• Call for emergency.

• You have to act fast.
• Perform CPR.
• Call for emergency.

Chocking emergency

• Assess if the obstruction is partial or complete.
• If the person can still talk, cough or cry out that means that the obstruction is partial.  If the person is unable to respond or can’t talk also holds his throat and his nails and lips become blue, the obstruction is complete.
• Encourage the person to cough. Coughing can make the thing causing obstruction come out and clear the airway.
• Don’t make the person to drink the water or suppress the cough.
• If the person is unable to cough, make him stand straight, stand behind the person, make him lean forward and slap the person on the back. Make sure that the person should not be standing straight. If the person would be standing straight slapping him will make the thing cause more chocking.
• Also don’t make a fist to hit, slap with the hand.
• If person starts coughing stop slapping.
• If still the person is chocking, perform Heimlich maneuver.

• Stand behind the person.
• Put your hands around the body of the person. Your hands should be between the ribs and belly button.
• Make a fist of one hand and put the other hand cupped around the fist.
• Give blow from your arms.
• Make sure your hands should be below the ribs otherwise you may break the ribs of the person.
  

• Lay down the person straight on the floor.
• Put your hands on lower ribs and give blows each time from the abdomen up to the diaphragm.

• Try to cough.
• Make a fist of your hand and blow on your chest.
• If this doesn’t help then bend over a chair or a corner of a table. Make your elbows straight.

• Lay them on your forearm with their face down.
• Support their chin with the face.
• Head and neck should be lower than the body.
• Give 5 blows with the heel of the hand.
• If chocking doesn’t stop lay the infant straight on the forearm with face up.
• Give quick thrust with 2 fingers.
• If infant becomes unconscious give mouth to mouth blows.