Boy Scout Troop 680 - First Aid Guide - Artificial Respiration

Artificial Respiration⁴
Mouth-to-Mouth
or
Mouth-to-Nose Rescue Breathing

Place casualty on back immediately
Don’t water time moving to a better place, loosening clothing, or draining water from lungs.
Quickly clear mouth and throat
Remove mucus, food and other obstructions

· Tilt head back as far as possible
The head should be in a “chin-up” or “sniff” position and the neck stretched

Lift lower jaw forward
Grasp jaw by pacing thumb into corner of mouth. Do not hold or depress tongue.

Pinch nose shut (or seal mouth)
Prevent air leakage
Open your mouth wide and blow
Take a deep breath and blow forcefully (except for babies) into mouth or nose until you see chest rise

Listen for exhalation
Quickly remove your mouth when chest rises. Lift jaw higher if casualty makes snoring or gurgling sounds.
Repeat (last two steps) 12 to 20 times per minute Continue until casualty begins to breath normally
For infants seal both mouth and nose with your mouth Blow with small puffs of air from your cheeks

4. From Graphic Training Aid 21-45, Headquarters, Department of the Army, October 1961

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