The Basic Life Support Chart outlines the DRSABCDE steps for providing emergency assistance to an unresponsive person. The steps are: Danger - ensure safety; Response - check for response and send for help if no response; Airway - open airway and check for foreign materials; Breathing - provide CPR with 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths; Circulation - provide CPR until help arrives or recovery; Defibrillation - use defibrillator if available and follow instructions.

1. Basic Life Support Chart
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R
S
A
B
C
D
D
DANGER
RESPONSE
SEND FOR HELP
AIRWAY
BREATHING
CPR
DEFIBRILLATION
Ensure the area is safe for yourself, others
and patient.
Check for response – ask name – squeeze shoulders.
No response Response
• Make comfortable
• Monitor response
Call for an ambulance or ask another person to
make the call
Open mouth – if foreign material present. Place
in recovery position. Clear airway with fingers.
Start CPR – 30 chest compression: 2 breaths.
Continue CPR until help arrives or patient
recovers.
Apply defibrillates if available
and follow voice precepts.
STOP
Check for breathing – Look, Listen, Feel
Not normal breathing
• Place in recovery position
• Monitor breathing
Normal breathing