Healthcare BLS + First Aid
Course Content
- Welcome to the Course
- Medical Emergencies
- Universal Precautions
- Respiratory Arrest
- Cardiac Arrest
- Multiple Rescuer Skills
- Choking
- Bleeding Control
- Injuries
- Sudden Illness
- Heat and Cold Emergencies
- Prevention
- Conclusion
Practice: Unconscious Adult Choking (Healthcare Provider)
The scene is safe, my gloves are on, my rescue mask is available. Sir, are you alright? Are you okay? Sir, can you hear me? There's no response. You, with the plaid shirt, go call 911 and come back. If you can bring an AED, please bring it. Otherwise, go call a code. Checking for normal breathing and checking for a pulse. There's a pulse present but there's no breathing. Breath does not go in. Breath does not go in. Thirty compressions. One and two and three. Five and six and seven and eight. Nine and ten, eleven and twelve. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. I look in the mouth. I don't see anything. Reposition. Breath still doesn't go in. One and two and three and four and five and six and seven and eight. Nine and ten. Twelve and thirteen and fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. Give a breath. I saw something. I pull it out. Breath goes in. Breath goes in. I check for a pulse. Pulse is still present but no breathing. I'll give rescue breaths, one breath every five seconds, for a total of two minutes. Reassess. If no breathing, no pulse, begin CPR. Wait for EMS to arrive, an AED, or until my patient revives.
Learn how to rescue an unconscious adult that is choking by watching the procedure performed on a mannequin.