Lesson 3: Initiate Rescue Breathing on an Adult

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LESSON 3 Initiate Rescue Breathing on an Adult.

TEXT ASSIGNMENT Paragraphs 3-1 through 3-12.

TASK TAUGHT 081-831-0018, Open the Airway.

081-831-0048, Perform Rescue Breathing.

LESSON OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

3-1. Identify the steps (in sequence) for evaluating a

casualty and initiating rescue breathing.

 

3-2. Identify the proper procedures (in sequence) for

opening a casualty's airway using the jaw-thrust

method and the head-tilt/chin-lift method.

 

3-3. Identify the proper procedures (in sequence) for

administering mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-nose,

and mouth-to-stoma rescue breathing.

 

3-4. Identify the proper procedures for taking a

carotid pulse.

SUGGESTION After you have completed the text assignment, work

the exercises at the end of this lesson before beginning

the next lesson. These exercises will help you to

achieve the lesson objectives.

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