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MODULE 6
First Aid at Work : UNIT 1
01.04.2018
CHECK FOR NORMAL BREATHING
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B
C normally.
Look, listen and feel for normal breathing for no more than 10 seconds.
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A be treated as a non-breathing casualty.
Agonal gasping is best described as infrequent, noisy gasps.
This is not normal breathing and they should
You should be suspicious of cardiac arrest with any casualty that presents seizure like symptoms and carefully assess whether they are breathing
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