FOR CONSCIOUS VICTIM: If victim can cough, speak, or breath…Do not interfere. If victim cannot cough, speak, or breathe, have someone call for help!
1. Check for Unresponsiveness
Tap or gently shake victim. Shout, “Are you okay?”
2. Shout, “HELP”
Get attention of people who can phone for help.
3. Position the victim 0n His or Her back
Roll the victim toward you by pulling slowly and evenly from the victim’s hip and shoulder.
4. Open the Airway
Tilt head back and lift chin with fingers under bony part of jaw.
5. Check for breathlessness
Look, listen, and feel for breathing for 3 to 5 seconds.
6. Give two full breaths
Keep head titled back. Pinch nose. Seal your lips tightly around the victim’s mouth. Give 2 full breaths for 1 to
1 1 /2 seconds each. NOTE: You can purchase a mouth protector at your drug store. to carry with you.
Someone you love might be the victim.
7. Check for Pulse at Side of Neck
Keep head titled back. Feel for carotid pulse for 5 to 10 seconds.
8. Phone 911 system for help
Send some to call an ambulance. Send 2 people if possible. Give location of emergency and condition of victim.
9. Begin Rescue Breathing
Keep head tilted back. Pinch nose. Give 1 breath every 5 seconds. Look, listen, and feel for breathing
between breaths
10. Check pulse every minute
Keep head tilted back. Feel for carotid pulse for 5 to 10 seconds. If victim has pulse but is not breathing,
continue rescue breathing.
NOTE: You may want to take a class from the Red Cross and repeat it every year.
Disaster Preparedness Tactics
Having essential survival plans and supplies like a family communication plan and emergency kits can provide the necessary resources to help you and your family get through a lot of difficult situations that may come up unforeseen, a bad storm, fires, earthquake being a few of them.
Emergency Preparedness For Your Pets
Ensuring the safety and well-being of your pets during an emergency is as crucial as looking after any other family member. A comprehensive emergency plan for your pets can significantly reduce stress and worry for everyone involved. This guide will help you create a robust emergency strategy, complete with a specialized pet emergency kit that caters to the unique needs of your furry companions.
Tips For Earthquake Safety
during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn’t at the time know that the children were told to hide under something.
