Code blue BLS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT MEDICAL EMERGENCY HAND

1. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT / CPR
MAHANTESH B
HOD OF OPTOMETRY

2. BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

3. BLS – What and Why?
 Combines Chest compressions and supportive
rescue breathing
 Revives heart (cardio) and lung (pulmonary)
functioning
 Use when there is no breathing and no
pulse
 Provides oxygen to the brain until ABLS arrives

4. Chain of survival

5. BLS Sequence – Step 1
 Make sure the victim, any by standers, and you
are safe
 Follow Adult Basic Life Support Algorithm

6. Adult basic life support - Algorithm

7. BLS Sequence – Step 2
 Check the victim for a response
 Gently shake his shoulders and ask loudly,
'Are you alright?'

8. BLS Sequence – Step 3
 a) If he/she responds:
 Leave him/her in the position in which you find
him provided there is no further danger
 Try to find out what is wrong with him/her and
get help if needed
 Reassess him/her regularly

9. BLS Sequence – Step 3
 b) If he does not respond:
 Shout for help

10. BLS Sequence
 Turn the victim onto his back and then open
the airway using head tilt and chin lift

11. BLS Sequence – Step 4
 Keeping the airway open, look, listen and feel
for normal breathing
 Look for chest movement
 Listen at the victim's mouth for breath sounds
 Feel for air on your cheek

12. BLS Sequence – Step 5
 a) If breathing normally, turn him/her into
recovery position

13. BLS Sequence – Step 5
b) If not breathing normally
 Ask for an ambulance
 Kneel by the side of the victim
 Place the heel of one hand in the
centre of the victim's chest

14. BLS Sequence – Step 5
 c) Place the heel of your other hand on top of
the first hand

15. BLS Sequence – Step 6
 Interlock the fingers of
your hands
 Ensure pressure is not
applied over victim's
ribs
 Do not apply pressure
over the upper
abdomen or bottom
end of bony sternum

16. BLS Sequence – Step 6
 Position yourself vertically
above the victim's chest
 With your arms straight,
press down the
sternum 4-5 cm

17. BLS Sequence – Step 7
 After each compression, release all the
pressure on the chest without losing contact
between your hands and the sternum
 Repeat at a rate of about 100 times a minute
(a little less than 2 compressions a second)
 Compression and release should take an equal
amount of time

18. BLS Sequence – Step 8
 Combine chest
compression with
rescue breaths
 After 30 compressions,
open the airway again
using head tilt and chin
lift

19. BLS Sequence – Step 9
 Pinch the soft part of the victim's nose closed, using the
index finger and thumb of your hand on his forehead
 Allow his mouth to open, but maintain chin lift

20. BLS Sequence – Step 10
 Mouth to Mouth breathing

21. BLS Sequence
 Combine chest compression with rescue breaths
 After 30 compressions, open the airway again using
head tilt and chin lift
 Pinch the soft part of the victim's nose closed, using
the index finger and thumb of your hand on his
forehead
 Allow his mouth to open, but maintain chin lift

22. Thank You