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Basic Life Support: Dr.D.Lakshman Rao ACMS Divisional Railway Hospital, VSKP
Basic Life Support: Dr.D.Lakshman Rao ACMS Divisional Railway Hospital, VSKP
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Advance Life Support
• Noisy Breathing
• Agitation - suggests hypoxia
• Obtundation - suggests hypercarbia
• Altered consciousness
• Maxillofacial injuries
• Cyanosis - indicates hypoxemia
Thoracic trauma may cause severe airway
and breathing problems
Blast injuries can also cause airway
problems
Facial injuries and bleeding from
mouth or nose
MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY
COMPONENTS:
Ventilation (Expired air ventilation)
External chest compressions
RATIO:
2 Ventilations
30 Chest compressions @ 100/minute
ASSISTED
VENTILATION
CHEST COMPRESSIONS
Killer CPR
Learn it Early
CIRCULATORY MANAGEMENT
Control Hemorrhage –
By external compression.
Elevation of part above
heart level.
Avoid using tourniquet.