Jun 10, 2009 #1 jacqui00 Forum Ride Along 3 0 0 Can someone tell me what the protocol is for a person who is unconscious but breathing after being rescued from the water? I'm guessing it is CPR--anything else. I am not an EMT tech--I'm a writer. Thanks much!
Can someone tell me what the protocol is for a person who is unconscious but breathing after being rescued from the water? I'm guessing it is CPR--anything else. I am not an EMT tech--I'm a writer. Thanks much!
Jun 10, 2009 #2 Jon Administrator Community Leader 8,009 58 48 CPR is cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. We use it for folks that are not breathing AND have no pulse.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation If the patient is breathing, they WILL have a pulse, because blood needs to be moving though the body for someone to breathe. If someone isn't breathing, they will get "rescue breathing" ... we breathe for them. If they ARE breathing... we do what we can to support them - hypothermia would be our biggest concern.
CPR is cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. We use it for folks that are not breathing AND have no pulse.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation If the patient is breathing, they WILL have a pulse, because blood needs to be moving though the body for someone to breathe. If someone isn't breathing, they will get "rescue breathing" ... we breathe for them. If they ARE breathing... we do what we can to support them - hypothermia would be our biggest concern.