Breaths for Life

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'Breaths for Life' School Holiday Special Offer + the 5 Things You NEED at Home to be Prepared for an Emergency Situation!

https://youtu.be/59cWMPmHDuY

Breaths for Life - July 4th, 2016 School Holidays Special & the 5 things you need at home for any First-Aid emergency.

The bottom line: Accidents happen. Accidents happen all the time.

You know you need to learn (or get a refresher on) CPR, first aid, and maybe even home-safety. Why do you keep putting it off? We are not talking about putting off hanging the new drapes, getting ready for the garage sale, or any of the other things we all put off… We are taking about the safety and lives of our kids, grandkids, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and neighbours. Could the reason you keep putting it off be perhaps you think you’ve seen CPR performed so many times on TV shows or movies that you assume you know enough. Or maybe… you just think (hope, pray) that you'll never need to know.

How? The tools you need to save your child's life are really not as difficult to learn as you think. We have the most streamlined, intuitive, and up-to-date courses for you, and for the ones you love.

Make First Aid Training a family affair!
Contact Breaths for Life today!

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How safe is your home?

Please call us to find out.

http://www.ivillage.com.au/baby-boy-dies-after-being-strangled-by-blind-cord/

Baby boy dies after being strangled by blind cord A toddler has died after being strangled by a blind cord and his parents are calling for manufacturers to change the design of their products to prevent further deaths.

A Choking Infant

Do you know what to do???

Managing a choking Infant

Signs & symptoms

1. Coughing, wheezing, and gagging.
2. Difficulty breathing.
3. Making a whistling or ‘crowing’.
4. Noise or no sound at all.
5. Face, neck lips, ears, fingernails turning blue.

Management

1. Call triple zero (000) for an ambulance.
2. Place infant with head downwards on your forearm or across your thighs.
1. Support head and shoulders on your hand.
2. Hold infant’s mouth open with your fingers.
3. Give up to 5 back blows.
1. With the heel of one hand to the back between shoulders.
2. Checking if the airway obstruction is relieved after each back blow.
4. Turn infant onto back, open mouth and remove any loose foreign material with your little finger.
5. If unsuccessful after 5 back blows, give chest thrusts
1. Place infant on back on a firm surface.
2. Place two fingers in the CPR compression position.
3. Give 5 chest thrusts—slower but sharper than compressions.
4. Check if obstruction has been relieved after each chest thrust.
5. If infant becomes unconscious commence CPR.