St John Workshop

On Thursday the 22nd of August Katherine from St John in schools came and taught us about what to do if we find someone unconscious or has a severe bleed.

The first step when you find a unconscious person is make sure it is safe for you self to get to the person without hurting yourself.

The second step is to see if they are awake or sleeping, so what you could say is "hey mate you ok" if they don't respond like talk or look at you then you move on to the next step which is.

The third step is send for help. so that means if you have a phone or the patient have a phone call 111 immediately.

The fourth step is clear the airway, how we do this is we tilt the head back and lift the chin because that makes the tongue come back to the front of the mouth if it was blocking the airway.

The fifth step is look and listen to find out if they are breathing. how we do this is we put our hand just above the rib cage and watch our hand as we put our face up to their nose and mouth to feel there breath, we stay in this position for 10 seconds.