Artificial respiration

Artificial respiration is a toolbox topic today. Artificial respiration is known as rescue breathing. We have already discussed first aid for minor injuries. But this is a different kind of first aid that applies to serious problems. This kind of first aid is the emergency or temporary treatment given in the event of when someone is not breathing before professional medical care arrives.

Serious medical emergencies can happen anywhere, anytime. We must learn to respond to such emergencies quickly and correctly. The basic requirements to save a life do not change, but the treatment does.

Artificial respiration

If you have to face a medical emergency that requires professional medical help, you should remember the following points:

1. Don't panic. Keep calm.
2. If they need to take immediate action to save a life (artificial respiration), give the appropriate treatment without delay.
3. Never move an injured person unless it is necessary to remove them to fresh air or protect them from further harm or danger.
4. Examine the victim carefully.
5. Seek professional medical attention immediately.

What is artificial respiration?

Artificial respiration is known as rescue breathing, a technique used to help someone who is not breathing or who is breathing irregularly or weakly. In such a case, artificial respiration should be started quickly, because damage to the brain can occur in a few minutes when the brain is deprived of oxygen.

If the victim is in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere (such as in confined spaces such as silos, sewers, tanks, warehouses, and some excavations), the victim should be quickly removed to a safe atmosphere. The rescue should be attempted only if the rescuer's safety is not in jeopardy.

The first step in artificial respiration is to determine if the victim is unconscious. Tap the person on the shoulder and ask out loud: Are you okay? If the victim does not respond, assist and instruct the caller to contact the appropriate emergency medical personnel.

The second step in artificial respiration is to open the victim's airway. Do this by placing one hand under the victim's neck near the base of the skull while lifting slightly. At the same time push the victim's forehead with the other hand. This position will move the tongue from the back of the throat, opening the air passage.

Immediately after placing your head in a tilted back position, you should see, hear, and feel the air. While keeping the person's head in the same position, bring your cheek and ear close to the victim's face and nose and listen and feel for breath. Also, observe the rises and falls of the chest. Continue this check for about five seconds.

If you find that he is not breathing on his own, give her two full breaths in a row. Make sure your head stays tilted back. To prevent an air leak, pinch the victim's nose with the hand you have placed on his forehead. If you do not get an exchange of air after the two deep breaths, slightly reposition the victim's head and try again. 

In that case, the victim will need first aid for choking. After opening the air passage and giving two deep breaths, check the victim's pulse and breathing for at least five seconds, but no more than ten.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

If there is no pulse, the victim needs chest compression, the next step for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). (In this talk we don't have time to talk more extensively about CPR, for that reason we will leave this topic for a later talk). If after this check you realize the victim has a pulse but is not yet breathing, continue rescue breathing.

Artificial respiration

If the victim is an adult, give one breath every five seconds. If it is a child, give him one breath every four seconds. And for an infant, give a gentle puff of air every three seconds. In the case of infants, the rest of the procedure also differs slightly. Breathe through the infant's nose and mouth instead of just through the mouth.

And when it comes to adult victims, an alternative to mouth-to-mouth is mouth-to-nose. This method should be chosen if the victim's mouth is injured in any way or has been in contact with corrosive or toxic materials.

To use this procedure, hold the head in a tilted back position with one hand on the victim's forehead. Remove your other hand from under her neck and gently close her mouth. Then blow into the victim's nose. Open his mouth to look, listen and feel if he breathes.

Conclusion

One more thing to remember about artificial respiration, if there is a possibility that the victim has suffered a neck injury, extreme caution should be used when tilting the head to open the air passage. In summary, the steps for artificial respiration are:

• Determine if the victim is unconscious.
• Open the air passage. So look, listen and feel if he breathes.
• Give two deep breaths in a row. Again, watch, listen and feel if you breathe.
• Continue to give breaths until the victim is breathing on their own or you are replaced by emergency medical personnel.
• Start chest compression (CPR)

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