How to do CPR on an Adult - First Aid Training - St John Ambulance

In the event of a pandemic, do not put your face near the casualty's. Instead, look for the chest rising and falling to check for breathing and cover the casualty's mouth and nose with a cloth. Give chest-compression-only CPR.

If an adult is unresponsive and not breathing, you will need to do CPR. In this video, a St John Ambulance trainer takes you through CPR steps and demonstrates how to perform CPR on an adult.

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[coalyboi]

Why dont they teach this at schools??

Edit: it turns out they do. Just a lot of people forgot (including me)

[tvbrain]

thank you, I am taking a refresher course tomorrow and this was very good for preperation

[mehitabel]

Thanks for this. I work in a public place, often alone, and I live in fear of being in a situation where I would need to do this! These instructions really help. (Yes, I have asked my boss if I can go on a First Aid course. I'm still

[antonya]

"To help you keep pace you can sing staying alive" .*Starts singing*, " ha ha staying live staying alive ha ha " Good info!

[OutlawCaliber]

I haven't renewed my certification in some time, and I'm now in a foreign country. Just learned it's now CAB, not ABC. Thank you for the video.

[ashleyyoungs]

it's great to learn this. never thought i'd need to do it and boy was i wrong

[elsasimoes]

Thank you for the very clear explainations

[tongobongo]

I'm quite disappointed that he didn't start singing staying alive.

[richardflanagan]

you are brill i find "um" every time i press help sounds weird to everyone else but at the end of the day if it help that what matters

[wecare]

It's so important to know that information, we can save lives, thanks for sharing 👍🙏👌

[saqie_strange]

Please, subtitles in English must be there because sometimes interviewees say such fabulous English which we could learn from.

[Marcelo-gkxo]

Is it true that sometimes the casualty can get their ribs broke while doing CPR?

[unclejp]

The 2 unskippable ads were a nice touch

[tonyseller]

Don't think that doll will make it.

[Ntsbhdb]

Imo this should be part of school CV and mandatory course in any job. People freak out that they weren't trained ans if someone is eg hit by car they do nothing. Except if someone is not breathing they are already basically dead so either you try to do CPR or they can check funeral house ticket. It doesn't even matter that much if you push too hard, they can fix broken ribs at hospital. They can't fix dead brain. Ton of people dead who didn't have to be because none around knew these basics and did something.

[spicybiscuit]

I dont understand the rescue breath bit at 1:55 - is it you put your mouth over theirs, then wait a second, then do 2 rescue breaths? Or you do one breath, then 2 more?

[kibetsigei]

From by he video, you assist the casualty a mouth breath not remembering the issues of airborne diseases like TB and Asthmatic people???

[jamainswanswan]

Thank you for such a clean explanation

[miffachan]

od we still need to give rescue breaths> because I had read articles some says it is not important anymore because brain has enough oxygen for 5minutes? i dont know

[ljo]

''In the event of a If my loved one were in danger, no ''pandemic'' consideration would be appropriate. And even a stranger would have my help if I could give it effectively, risk of contagion or not.