BASIC LIFE SUPPORT/SAVING (BLS)

COURSE
Trainer – Mr. Santosh(St. John
Ambulance Association)
Venue – HPCL Cherlapally LPG Plant
 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• PREREQUSITES TO PROVIDING BLS
• PROBLEM/HAZARD
• METHODOLOGIES
 INTRODUCTION
• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT IS PRIMARY RESPONSE
TO AN INJURY. IT IS PROVIDED TO
UNCONSCIOUS PERSON, INJURED PERSON,
PERSON FALLING FROM A HEIGHT AFTER
GETTING ELECTRIC SHOCK, FRACTURES,
BURNS, SNAKEBITES ETC
 OBJECTIVES
• TO PROVIDE BLS TO VICTIM BEFORE ARRIVAL
OF AMBULANCE
 PREREQUISITIES TO PROVIDING BLS
• HARD ITEMS, SHARP ITEMS, GLASS ITEMS, WATCHES,
RINGS, EYEWEAR, KEYS, ETC. SHOULD BE REMOVED
FROM THE PERSON BEING PROVIDED BLS AND THE
PERSON PROVIDING BLS
• NOTHING SHOULD BE PRESENT IN POCKET
• CHECK RESPONSE (UNCONSCIOUS/CONSCIOUS)
• OPEN AIR WAY : CLEAN THE TONGUE FOR GUTKHA,
PAAN, ETC
• CHECK BREATHING – LOOK, LISTEN, FEEL
• CHECK CIRCULATION – RADIAL(WRIST)/CARDIAL(NECK)
PULSE
Checking Response
 PROBLEM / HAZARD
• UNCONSCIOUS PERSON
• PERSON FALLING FROM A HEIGHT AFTER
GETTING ELECTRIC SHOCK
• FRACTURES
• BURNS
• SNAKEBITES
METHODOLOGIES
 BLS FOR UNCONSCIOUS ADULT
• TAP ON THE SHOULDER
• PINCH ON THE EAR
• SHOUT IN THE EAR(eg. WHAT’S YOUR NAME)
• LIFT THE HAND AND DROP IT
 CPR : CARDIO PULMONARY
RESUSCITATION(RESTART)
• PLACE A KERCHIEF ON THE MOUTH OF VICTIM
• OPEN THE MOUTH OF VICTIM
• CLOSE THE NOSTRILS
• TILT THE HEAD UPWARDS
• TAKE DEEP BREATH BEFORE BLOWING INTO
VICTIM’S MOUTH
• GIVE FOUR SECONDS GAP AND REPEAT THE
PROCESS ONCE MORE
• PUSH 30 TIMES (COMPRESSION 30 TIMES) ON
CHEST
• CHECK PULSE (LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE OF NECK)
• DO IT UNTIL YOU ARE TIRED
• IF THERE ARE TWO PERSONS, ONE WILL DO
COMPRESSION, ONE WILL BLOW BREATH
• SHIFT THE VICTIM TO HOSPITAL AND EXPLAIN
THE DOCTOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
CPR Practice by Security
BLS FOR VICTIM FALLING DOWNAFTER
GETTING ELECTRIC SHOCK

• IMMEDIATELY HEART BRAIN CIRCULATION

STOPS
• HOLD TWO THUMBS TOGETHER & TWO LEGS
TOGETHER AND LIFT THEM UP SO THAT
BLOOD FLOWS FROM LEGS AND HANDS TO
HEART
Electric Shock
 BLS TO CONTROL BLEEDING
• ELEVATION OF INJURED BODY PART
• IN CASE OF BLEEDIND FROM NOSE, ASK THE
PERSON TO SIT ON CHAIR, ASK HIM TO BEND
FORWARD IN SAME POSITION
BLS TO VICTIM AFTER A FRACTURE
• FRACTURE CLASSIFICATION ON BASIS OF
PRESSURE
• INDIRECT PRESSURE : FALLEN FROM HEIGHT
• DIRECT PRESSURE : DIRECT CONTACT
• IN CASE OF HAND FRACTURE, HOLD YOUR HAND
IN POSITION LIKE YOU HOLD A NEW BORN BABY
(ARM SLING)
• USE A TRIANGLE BANDAGE( 1M X 1M SQUARE
CLOTH/CHUNNI CUT INTO TWO, DIAGONAL CUT )
TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF FRACTURED PART
 • FRACTURE CLASSIFICATION

SIMPLE FRACTURE(BONE INVISIBLE)

COMPOUND FRACTURE(BONE
VISIBLE)
COMPLICATED FRACTURE(MULTIPLE
FRACTURES)
• ARM SLING – HAND FRACTURE
• ELEVATION SLING – SHOULDER DISLOCATION
 BLS FOR BURNS

• FOR A SUPERFICIAL BURN(HOT WATER, CHAI)

TAKE A BOWL OF COLD WATER AND PUT
FINGERS INSIDE
• FOR A PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN(HOT TAWA)
FORMATION OF BLISTER(CONTAINS SERUM
FOR IMMUNITY)
DONOT PINCH BLISTER, PLACE BURN BELOW
FLOWING WATER
• FOR A FULL THICKNESS BURN, ROLL ON GROUND
• PUT NEWSPAPERS ON BURN SO THAT NO
DUST ACCUMULATION TAKES PLACE
 BLS FOR SNAKE BITES
• R – REASSURE THE PATIENT (IT’S NOT
POISONOUS SNAKE)
• I – IMMOBILIZE THE BITTEN PART
• G - GET TO ASAP
• H – HOSPITAL
• T – TELL THE DOCTOR CHANGES IN BODY
AFTER THE BITE
THANK YOU