Ensure that the victim's tongue has not been swallowed. If it has, use fingers to pull it back to normal. Then carry out the other stages.
Look at the casualty's chest to see if it rises and falls.
Check to see if the chest rises and falls
Look at the casualty's chest to see if it rises and falls. (AF SABC)
Open the airway with a head-tilt-chin-lift or a jaw thrust if there is a suspected spinal injury. Then look, listen, and feel for breathing/respirations.
Airway; open the airway is tip the head and check for breathing.
Look at the chest to see if it rises and falls, listen for the sound of air moving in and out of the nose or mouth, and feel for air against your cheek from the nose or mouth
See if the chest rises and falls.
You tilt the head back and lift the chin up. Use the 2-finger sweep to clear the airway. Look in the throat for any blockage.
chest compressions
Ensure casualty is breathing.
airway, breathing, pulse
Establish the patients level of responsiveness. Open the Infants airway using the head-tilt chin lift maneuver. Check for breathing by looking down the throat, listening and feeling for any obstruction. Perform infant rescue breathing. Abdominal Thrusts called the Heimlich Maneuver.