Warning !
This is not a replacement
for a first aid or CPR course, it is just a quick guide in first aid and
CPR techniques. You should go to your local first aid organisation and
do a course in these life saving skills.
In cases of heart attack,
drowning, suffocation, electric shock and overdoses of drugs, either the
heart or breathing may stop.
This is called cardio-respiratory
arrest. ('Cardio' means heart, 'respiratory' means breathing).
In many cases a life can
be saved if resuscitation can be performed quickly and correctly. A minority
of heart attack cases will actually collapse with a cardio-respiratory
arrest. But everyone should know the early signs of a heart attack, and
have an emergency plan of action,
(To
view the emergency plan of action, select this link.)
Signs of cardio-respiratory arrest. "Select this link for children"