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66 Fisioterapie, September 1982, deeI 38, nr 3
HEART FOUNDATION
HEART WEEK 1 - 8 SEPT. 1982
HOW TO APPLY CARDIOPULMONARY
RESUSCITATION (CPR)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR can save lives.
Any healthy adult or child can learn this simple technique
which involves mouth-to-mouth breathing combined with
manual external heart massage.
Follow these three easy steps (illustrated in the diagrams).
HARTSTIGTING
HARTWEEK 1 - 8 SEPT. 1982
HOE OM KARDIOPULMONERE
RESUSSITERING (KPR) TOE TE PAS
Kardiopulmonere Resussitering of KPR kan lewens red.
Enige gesonde volwassene of kind kan hierdie eenvoudige
teaniek aanleer, wat mond-tot-mond-asemhaling en
handmassering van die hart behels.
Volg hierdie drie eenvoudige aanwysings, wat in die
diagramme gei'llustreer word:
ONE
Assess the condition of the patient. If he has no pulse,
gasps for breath or does not breathe at all, is unconscious
and does not immediately respond to being shaken, has
dilated pupils and a grey or bluish skin, prepare to apply
CPR immediately. Do not delay. The heart and brain must
receive sufficient oxygen as soon as possible. Roll the patient
onto his back, kneel beside him, place one hand under his
neck and the other hand on his forehead. Tilt his head back
gently to open the airway. Remove any foreign material or
false teeth from his mouth.
TWO
Pinch the patient’s nose to keep it closed. Take a deep
breath, seal your mouth over the patient’s mouth and blow
four full breaths into his lungs. Repeat.
THREE
Kneel opposite the patient’s chest. Place the heel of your
right hand over the lower half of the patient’s breast bone.
Place your left hand over the back of your right hand and
clasp your fingers so that they do not touch the patient’s
chest wall. Keep your arms straight. With the heel of your
hand, depress the patient’s breast bone four or five
centimetres for fifteen counts, counting one and two and
three and . . .
Move back to the patient’s head and repeat the two lung
inflations. Continue inflating the lungs and depressing the
heart rhythmically until the patient regains consciousness or
begins breathing normally.
EEN
Stel die toestand van die pasient vas. Asdaargeen polsslag
is nie, hy na asem snak of glad nie asemhaal nie, as hy
bewusteloos is en nieonmiddellik reageer wanneerhy geskud
word nie, as die pupille wyd oopen die vel grys of blouerigis,
moet KPR onmiddellik toegepas word. Moenie uitstel nie.
Die hart en brein moet so gou moontlik genoeg suurstof
ontvang. Rol die pasient op sy rug, kniel langshom,en plaas
een hand onder sy nek en die ander hand op sy voorkop.
Kantel sy kop versigtig na agter om die luggangoopte maak.
Verwyder enige vreemde voorwerpe of vals tande uit sy
mond.
TWEE
Knyp die pasient se neus toe. Haal diep asem, plaas u
mond styf oor die van die pasient, en blaas vier asemteue in
sy longe. Herhaal.
DRIE
Kniel teenoor die pasient se borskas. Plaasdie kussingvan
u regterhand oor die onderste deel van die pasient se
borsbeen. Plaas u linkerhand op u regterhand en hou u
vingers vas sodat hulle nie aan die pasient se borswand raak
nie. Hou u arms reguit. Druk die pasient se borsbeen met die
kussing van u hand vir vyftien tellings sowat vier of vyf
sentimeter in, tervvyl u een en twee en drie en . . . tel.
Beweeg terug na die pasient se kop en herhaal die mond-
tot-mond-asemhaling twee keer. Gaan ritmies voort met die
asemhaling en druk op die hart tot die pasient sy bewussyn
herwin of begin om normaal asem te haal.
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