2d: Task Analysis

Caption 2d:

Lesson 6 in the unit involves learning the steps in executing Mouth to Mouth

Resuscitation. Students should be able to carry out or instruct someone in the application of this

“Life Saving” technique. This task involves practical application of knowledge gained

throughout the lesson. Students should understand how, when and why steps are carried out in

this technique to assist someone in Cardio-Pulmonary distress. Students are able to see how

knowledge gained during this course can have practical, lifesaving use in their lives as students

are often faced with this dilemma of answering the question “ What does this information mean

to me and my life?”
 The following table identifies the steps involved in carrying out CPR on a person 12yrs
and older

Step Action Decision

1 Check to see if person is responsive by asking in a If responsive: Stop
loud voice If not responsive: Step 2
2 Shout/Call for help, Send someone for help Move to Step 3
3 Check to see if person is on their back If on their back: Step 5
If not: Step 4

4 Lay person on their back Step 5

5 Kneel next person’s torso Step 6
6 Open person’s airway by tilting their head back Step 7
7 Check for breathing: If breathing: Monitor
Lean over person’s head looking towards the chest for breathing until help arrives
chest movements and listening for breathing sounds If not breathing: Step 8
8 Give two (2) breaths: Pinch the person’s nose and If you see movements: Step
make a seal over the person’s mouth with your and 11
exhale into person’s mouth. Look for chest movements If no movements: Step 9
9 Check airway for blockages If blocked: Step 10
If not blocked: Step
10 Remove blockages Step 8
11 Check for pulse: If Pulse: Step 8
Place two fingers in groove next to the entrance of the If no Pulse: Step 12
ear canal
12 Start Chest compressions: If not breathing: Repeat cycle
Place heel of one hand in the centre of the chest from step 8 until help arrives
between the nipples, place other hand above first hand If breathing: Monitor
and interlock fingers, press down on chest causing a breathing until help arrives
two (2) inch depression. (30 compressions)
Check breathing and pulse.
Prerequisite knowledge:

Students should know:

a) how to detect a pulse.

b) that the high concentration of CO2 in the air breathed into the victim stimulates them

to start breathing

c) chest compressions aid to move ventilate the lungs as well as move blood around the

body by compressing the heart

d) of methods to reduce the possibility of transferring infectious diseases either way.

This task can be taught using Forward chaining or Total chaining and would require

special equipment such as a CPR dummy to allow for demonstration without using a

member of the class. From this task the students should develop a deeper understanding

behind the physiology of Breathing (Ventilation) as well as learn a valuable lifesaving

technique.