Adult Basic Life Support

This video demonstrates the basic life support process expected of a first year paramedic student in their BLS OSCE.

The demonstration itself is by one of our current second year students on the Paramedic Science programme.

[Hels_]

With AVPU we were told when moving on to pain stimuli to not continue speaking to the patient as well so you can establish which they responded to. Whereas if you speak while pinching the shoulder and they respond you then can’t establish if they responded to voice or pain?

[raghuveer]

If two rescuers are available then chest compressions and rescue breaths can be given simultaneously at a ratio of 30:2?