UNAIR NEWS聽– Being able to help others is certainly a good thing to do.聽One of them is by being able to give聽Basic Life Support聽(BLS).聽Edward Kusuma, dr., M. Kes., Sp. An., KIC explained that between life and death there is a period called apparent death with a gap of about 10 minutes.
“The time gap between life and death is our chance to do BLS,” Edward said.
Being able to do BLS is important because everyone has the opportunity to survive if the people around them can do it.聽The following are the procedures for giving BLS to help victims.
Call out and Pat Hard
Pat and call loudly to ascertain whether the victim is unconscious or just asleep.聽The shock shown is a good sign because it means the victim is still alive.
Call Help and Check the Victim鈥檚 Breath
After the first step is unsuccessful then calling other people around or contact the nearest hospital.聽Continue to check whether the victim is still breathing or not.聽Checking is done by raising the victim鈥檚 head so that the air flow is open and he or she can breathe easily.
Press the Chest and Give Artificial Respiration
Even though the victim does not breathe, they may be in a state between life and death.聽Do not panic.聽Perform chest pressure and artificial respiration.聽Press the chest in the middle sternum,聽push hard and fast, do it hard and fast, equal to 100 – 120 times per minute for 30 times.聽Counts are carried out hard in 10 counts for 3 times.
Next, give artificial respiration twice.聽Avoid direct contact when blowing because we do not know the oral health of the victim.
After pressing the chest and giving an artificial respiration, check the breathing.聽Repetition of chest pressure and artificial respiration is done when the victim has not yet breathed or regained consciousness.聽BLS was stopped when the professional assistance arrived.
Life Support for Everyone, Life Support by Everyone聽.聽One of them is you.聽(*)
Author: Hilmi Putra Pradana
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
