What is the Chain Of Survival?
The previous page of this course covered D.R.A.B.C.D Break it down:
D=Danger
R=Response
A=Airways
B= Breathing
C=Circulation
D= Defibrillation
All of the above create a link in the chain of survival for a person who becomes a casualty and stops breathing. Your job as a first aider is to have the understanding to link the chain of survival.
-1st Link-
-ASSESSMENT-
Open airways
Casualty is NOT!
Breathing
TIME LINE
0-30 Seconds
-2nd Link-Start-
-Early CPR-
Send your help now to call 999
You must start CPR “NOW”
30 Compression’s followed with 2 Breaths
Keep Performing CPR
DO NOT STOP!
TIME LINE
30 Seconds – 10 Minutes
-3rd Link-
EARLY AED
Remind Helper to Get
AED after calling
Ambulance
ON YOUR OWN?
if it takes you 3-5 minutes
to get the AED yourself
forget about it.
Keep CPR going, and don’t stop.
TIME LINE
2 Minutes -10 Minutes
4th Link-Early
Primary Care
Continue CPR until an ambulance has arrived, even when the AED has not been used or has failed to work.
The 10-minute rule is connected very closely with the chain of survival; with every minute that passes, the casualty loses 10% of the chance of full recovery. Take away one of the links, i.e. CPR, and the casualty will rapidly deteriorate and die.
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What happens next depends on your assessment findings.
The next page will will help you manage a casualty who unconscious and breathing.