How to Give CPR? - Remember DR ABC

Firstly check for any immediate danger to the injured or to yourself or others. Quickly check if the person is responsive:

D - DANGER
Do not put yourself in any danger - e.g. live wires; fire; drowning. Clear the area or remove the injured from a dangerous area.

R - RESPONSE
Check for a response. Say, "Hello, Can You Hear Me. Hello", while you gently slap their face or rub their breastbone (gently but firmly) with your knuckles. A person who is responsive should be placed in the recovery position - i.e on their side

If there is no response: LOOK (upper abdomen rises), LISTEN (breath sounds), and FEEL (their breath on your hand or their chest expanding) for evidence of normal breathing, and if there is, place the person quickly but gently into the recovery position (on their side). If there is no breathing, ask for assistance and get someone to urgently call for an ambulance/ paramedics. Basic life-support in the form of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), if begun promptly and performed accurately can save a life:

A - AIRWAY
Place the person on their back. With your left hand controlling the forehead, use a pistol-grip in the right hand and place it on the person's chin. Gently tilt the head back while at the same time, push the lower jaw upwards and forwards. This will lift the tongue up from the back of the throat and open the airway. 'Finger-sweep' inside their mouth with your conveniently positioned right index finger, to remove any foreign bodies including any loose-fitting dentures. If this allows for a resumption of normal breathing, gently place the person in the recovery position.

B - BREATHING
If there is still no breathing, you will need to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Begun promptly and performed correctly, basic life-support in the form of CPR can save a life.

C - CIRCULATION
Checking for a pulse although once a routine preliminary step in basic life-support, is now not considered essential. That is, after attempts to clear the airway, if someone is not breathing, then CPR should be commenced.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
The aim is for adequate circulation to the brain (and heart) in a person who is not breathing, until more help arrives. The procedure is simple and effective, and requires the person be lying supine (flat on their back) on a firm and steady surface:

With the person's head tilted back and maintaining control of their forehead with the

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