Prehospital Care Manual online - Contra Costa Health Services

BASIC AIRWAY
MANAGEMENT
AND
VENTILATION
CHECK BLOOD
PRESSURE
DOCUMENTATION
Open airway and provide 2 breaths after every 30 compressions
• AVOID EXCESSIVE VENTILATION – Provide no more than 8 –10 ventilations per
minute
• Ventilations should be about one second each, enough to cause visible chest rise.
Use two-person BLS Airway management (one holding mask and one squeezing
bag – compressor can squeeze the bag)
If patient begins to breathe or becomes responsive:
• Maintain airway
• Assist ventilations as necessary
If patient begins to breathe or becomes responsive:
• Check blood pressure if equipment available
• Complete AED Use Report
• Forward report to EMS whenever an AED is used (whether shock administered or
not)