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Cardiac
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Call your local emergency number, or have someone else call, and send for an AED. Start CPR immediately on anyone who is unrespons...
Automated External Defibrillator
Call emergency services and continue CPR while someone fetches the AED. Turn on the AED and follow its voice prompts. Attach pads ...
Heart Attack Response
Symptoms: central chest pain, pressure, or tightness that may spread to the arms, jaw, neck, back, or stomach, with sweating, naus...
Fainting Syncope
If someone feels faint, help them lie down with legs raised, or if that is not possible, sit with their head lowered between their...
CPR for Children
Call emergency services immediately if a child is unresponsive and not breathing normally. Children usually need 5 initial rescue ...
CPR for Infants
For a baby who is unresponsive and not breathing normally, call emergency services, ideally with a phone on speaker, and start CPR...
Rescue Breathing
Some emergencies leave a person not breathing with a pulse still present, for example after drowning, drug overdose, or in childre...
Angina Attack Response
Angina is chest pain or tightness that comes on with exertion and eases with rest, usually within minutes, in people with known he...
Deep Vein Thrombosis Signs
A deep vein thrombosis usually shows as pain, swelling, tenderness, and warmth in one calf or thigh, sometimes with reddened skin....