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ess and Phone Your Emergency Response Number (or 911)
Definitions and If a person doesn't respond and if that person isn't breathing or is only gasping,
Key Facts then you need to give CPR.
If you are not sure whether to give CPR, go ahead and give it. It's better to give
CPR to someone who doesn't need it than not to give it to someone who does
need it.
Action: Before you assess the need for CPR, make sure the scene is safe. Look for
Make Sure the anything nearby that might hurt you. You don't want to hurt yourself.
Scene Is Safe
Action: Check if the person responds. Tap him and shout, "Are you OK?" If he doesn't
Tap and Shout move, speak, blink, or otherwise react, then he is not responding.
Action: Figure 40. Tap and shout.
Phone 911 and
GetAED If the person doesn't respond, it's important to get help. You or someone else
(yell for help if you need to) should phone your emergency response number (or
Important 91 1). Get an AED, if available.
Stay on the phone until the 911 dispatcher (operator) tells you to hang up.
Answering the dispatcher's questions will not delay the arrival of help.
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Definitions and If a person doesn't respond and if that person isn't breathing or is only gasping,
Key Facts then you need to give CPR.
If you are not sure whether to give CPR, go ahead and give it. It's better to give
CPR to someone who doesn't need it than not to give it to someone who does
need it.
Action: Before you assess the need for CPR, make sure the scene is safe. Look for
Make Sure the anything nearby that might hurt you. You don't want to hurt yourself.
Scene Is Safe
Action: Check if the person responds. Tap him and shout, "Are you OK?" If he doesn't
Tap and Shout move, speak, blink, or otherwise react, then he is not responding.
Action: Figure 40. Tap and shout.
Phone 911 and
GetAED If the person doesn't respond, it's important to get help. You or someone else
(yell for help if you need to) should phone your emergency response number (or
Important 91 1). Get an AED, if available.
Stay on the phone until the 911 dispatcher (operator) tells you to hang up.
Answering the dispatcher's questions will not delay the arrival of help.
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