Artificial Respiration
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
3. ·
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
From Graphic Training Aid
21-45, Headquarters, Department of the Army, October 1961
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