CHECKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE
Source:Wikimedia Commons So, you come across someone looking like (s)he is dead, don’t rule them as dead, don’t conclude that they are beyond redemption, that it is all over. In the absence of medical equipment, there are things to do to confirm life or death - LLF L -LOOK to see if the chest is rising and falling L -LISTEN for breaths from mouth and nose F -FEEL on your cheeks respiration from the mouth and nose If LLF is absent, there are no signs of life, there is still a joker card to pull out which might just save the day! -Commence cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR should be carried out when there are no signs of life, no pulse or there is slow pulse ( less than 60 beats/minute ), very weak breaths or gasping desperately for breath. It is scary to imagine that we have let people who still had a chance to live, to eventually die because we did not give the necessary first aid care or administer CPR. The fact that someone passes out or...