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1. WHAT IS
ARTIFICIAL
RESPIRATION?

2. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
• Drowning, electrical shock, gas poisoning and a hard blow or fall can cause breathing to stop.
• This state is called "asphyxiation". Unconciousness and then death after breathing stops
unless something is done immediately.
• Victims who have stopped breathing but the heartbeat or pulse is present, can be revived by
artificial respiration. It must be applied at once because a victim can only live a few minutes
without air in the lungs.
• For gas poisoning or electric shock, your first move should be to free the victim from
suffocating gas or from contact with the live wire. Be careful not to get the poison or the
electric shock yourself. Your own safety is your priority. Get other people to help you. Then,
apply artificial respiration immediately and dont stop until the person is revived or until a
doctor says so.

3. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
• Here are the steps of artificial respiration:
• 1. Establish unresponsiveness. Tap or shake the victim`s shoulder while shouting, "Hey, are you
okay?". If the victim is unresponsive, call for and shout, "Help!".
• 2. Check the airway. Clear the victim`s mouth of any foreign objects. If you are positively certain that there
is no neck or spine injury, open the airway by tilting the head back as far as youo can using the Chin Lift -
Head Tilt Manuever. Push the forehead down with your hand while lifting the head with your fingers on the
chin.
• 3. Look, listen and feel (LLF) for any evidence of breathing, i.e., breath sounds and movement of chest. If
the victim is breathing, pinch the nostrils shut with your thumb and forefinger, apply two (2) blows or
Initial Ventilatory Maneuver (IVM).
• 4. Check breathing and pulse for five (5) to ten (5-10) seconds. If the victim is not breathing but the pulse is
present, you have to shout, "Prepare for a transport facility while I perform artificial resuscitation!".

4. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
• 5. Start AR. Open the airway. pinch the nostrils shut with your thumb and forefinger. Lock your mouth over
the victim`s mouth. It must be airtight. Then, follow this sequence:
• A. Nose pinched
• B. Blow
• C. Nose unpinched
• D. LLF while counting
• E. Repeat
• 6. Let the victim breath out. The victim`s chest should rise evrytime you apply artificial ventilations.
• A. For adults (1 full slow breath, every five seconds: 12 times/minute)
• B. For child (1 full slow breath, every four seconds: 15 times/minute)
• C. For infants (1 gentle slow breath, every three seconds: 20 times/minute)
• 7. After each sets, check pulse for ten seconds.
• 8. If the air isn`t getting into the lungs, re-tilt the head. On a child, breath through bothe the nose and
mouth.

5. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
• Place blankets or coats under and cover the victim for warmth. When revived, dont let the
victim get up for at least an hour. The body, especially the heart, is starved for oxygen and if
the victim gets up soon, there is danger of serious collapse.
• Remember your ABC`s!
• AIRWAY. Check and open the airway. Remove anhy foreign bodies that is
blocking the victim`s airway.
• BREATHING. Look if the chest has movement. Listen for any breath sounds.
Feel, with your check, if the victim is not breathing, give artificial
respirtation.
• CIRCULATION. Check if the pulse is present. If the pulse is not present,
proceed to CPR. Control bleeding if any.