Hello friends @hive-168205 community, it's a pleasure to be here . Today I'll be discussing on the topic Basic Life Support, Principles of BLS , What's CPR and when to give CPR and when to stop giving CPR

I know very well that most of us have heard or even know what's basis life support and what's CPR, but I'll be using this privilege to explain more on it and to persons that haven't come across it ,cause being a Red crosser(Red Cross volunteer) it's my duty to give First Aids ⛑️ to any casualties as well as educating others how they can be of help to casualties anytime, anywhere .

Basic Life Support

Basic life support is the specialize basic life saving skills or protocols that's to be used to save life during an emergency, with the view to understand the danger that is present and knowing the particular respond protocol to apply during medical emergencies .These resuscitation techniques are generally administered by a first responder, healthcare provider, or any individual on the scene who has basic medical training.

The goal is to simply maintain the life functions of a person who is having a medical emergency, like cardiac arrest or respiratory failure, until more advanced medical care can be provided. Discussing On BLS I'll be looking into the most unconscious health problems abbreviated as FISHSHAPED

F-Fainting
I-Imbalance body
S-Stroke CVA
H-Head Injury
S-Shock
H-Heart Attack
A-Asphyxia
P-Poison
E-Epilepsy
D-Diabetes

Principles Of BLS

The Principles of Basic Life Support(BLS) are the necessary procedures or should I say metabology that need to be followed when treating a casualties

D-Danger
R-Response
A-Airway
B-Breathing
C-Compression
D-Defibrillation

D-Danger: Okay the first part here is D which is Danger, being a caregiver or a first aider or irrespective of who you're,if you're about to take care of any medical emergencies you've to know the danger and clear the danger before attending to the casualty. And also ensuring your own safety which is always very important, by this you must check around before going close to the casualty and you must always call for help

R-Response: Response here is to check if the casualty can respond and provide information about he or herself and their condition in particular, This stage is always very important, though even if there's no-response it will still inform the first aider or the caregiver about the seriousness of the casualty’s condition. When you're dealing on response you'll need to pass follow this stages (AVPU) to know if the casualty is responsive or not

Dealing On R-Response(AVPU)

Alert: Check to see if the casualty is alert and conscious. Are they talking or moving? If the answer is no, progress to the V stage below.

Voice: Speak to the casualty in a loud voice. Be sure to be in their eye line when you do this. If the casualty does not respond, progress to stage P below.

Place: Shake the casualty firmly by placing your hands on their collarbone. Continue to speak to them while you do this, letting them know you are a first aider trying to help them. If you get no response, continue to stage U.

Unresponsive: Once you have completed the steps above with no response, you can class the casualty as unresponsive. Then you can proceed through the ABC steps as outlined below.

Yet if there's still no response from the casualty this will tell us that the casualty is unconscious and we'll continue will our DRABCD, so will be going to the alphabet which is A-Airway

A-Airway: since the casualty is unconscious being a first aider you must be very conscious on knowing that you've to open the airways so that casualty can breath and by doing this, open airway in the head tilt ,chin lift position then then the tongue is lifted from the back of the throat. Note when ever a casualty is unconscious the tongue goes back and block the airways so as a first aider you must always ensure you clear the airways for the casualty to breath. And by doing this you'll move to the next stage which is B-Breathing

B-Breathing: keep the airway open ,put your cheek close to the person's face so that you can hear and feel air coming out of the person's nose and mouth while you watch the chest rising and falling. You need to this for about 10 to 15 seconds. If the casualty is breathing you'll need to place the person in recovery position then if the casualty isn't breathing this is when you CPR come in (cardiopulmonary resuscitation or you call it chest compression)

What's CPR

Me in person I always say that CPR is the act of trying to mimic the normal heart beat of a person by doing it manually using your two hands to compress the casualty chest so that the heart can continue to pump blood to other parts of the body and to the brain ensuring that the brain cells doesn't die off and this process is to be carry out by a first aider or well trained person .

When doing CPR you must always know that the heart beat of humans per minute is 70 to 90 beats ,so for you to catch up this you must ensure that you'll give the casualty 100 to 120 compression per minute. When giving a casualty compression you must always ensure that you stick to a ratio of 30 compression and 2 breaths.

While on compression if there's any bystander you can he or she to get you a defibrillator to use on the casualty .

D-Defibrillation: defibrillator is a device that sends an electric shock to the hearts to correct the heart rhythm to back to it's normal state

When To stop giving CPR

• When you're tired

• When your casualty is showing sign of consciousness

• When the AED has arrive

• When the AED is asked to stop giving CPR

• When helps arrive (doctors)

CONCLUSIONS

Note that CPR cannot be done on a conscious casualty but to an unconscious casualty ,also you can't use an AED(Automated External Defibrillator) on a conscious casualty but only to an unconscious casualty . Whenever you're giving CPR to an infant make sure you place the infant to your left arms then using your palms to support the infant so that the infant will be balance and you're only to compress the infant using two of your fingers to avoid using your weight on the infant which can lead to death.