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Emergency Response CPR and Heimlich Maneuver

Emergency Response CPR and Heimlich Maneuver

Emergency situations can happen anywhere and anytime, so you should always be alert when you encounter one.

Medically Inspected by: Loreta D. Dayco MD, Edilberto B. Garcia Jr. MD, Maria Christina H. Ventura MD

American Red Cross explains a few steps in administering CPR:

  1. Philippine Heart Association offers basic and advanced life support certification courses for professionals who want to sharpen their skills. As for laypeople, American Heart Association recommends that you perform hands-only CPR if you are either untrained or have not done CPR in a while. You can watch a short video about this here.

     

    here and view a few illustrations of the technique here.

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    Philippine Red Cross offers a variety of trainings on first aid procedures and other basic life support courses.

     

    https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/what-is-cpr

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-cpr/basics/art-20056600

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-choking/basics/art-20056637

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/choking-and-the-heimlich-maneuver

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