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    Dr. Sivaranjani Santosh

    Consultant Pediatrician | Child Health, Newborn Care & Preventive Pediatrics

    2 months ago

    Basic Life Support, What Every Bystander Should Know The…

    Basic Life Support, What Every Bystander Should Know The child is lying motionless. The first thing you need to check is whether the child is conscious or not. If it is an adult, you can even shake. If the child or the adult moves, mumbles, opens the eyes, or says something, that means the child is conscious, the person is conscious. If the person is not conscious, check whether the person is breathing or not. Whatever is visible and easily removable from the mouth, you remove it, but never blindly poke. Now look, listen, and feel whether the person is breathing or not. If the person is breathing, put the person in recovery position and share a picture now. If the person is not breathing, then start CPR. Chest compressions are to be given just above the tip of the breastbone, with the heel of your hand. Your hand has to be straight, the power

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