0Now a days medicine has extended its wings a lot and covers very nook and corner of the world..inspite of best practices and personnel availability in terms of emergency identification of unresponsive patient and care to be given till healthcare responders arrive the incident site. With advancement in technology mishaps too have increased tremendously and disasters too outnumbered a lot over past few years..
Knowledge on primary health care is very important for every individual irrespective of education and work level.
American heart association and various other commitees have popularized basic life support at individual level training still if running behind in many countries..
In brief basic life support consists of the following:
- Chest compressions
- Airway protection with assisted breaths
- Informing healthcare responders
Early recognition at ground level prevents many mishaps.
