…start CPR.
Send for help and call 111.
Begin with chest compressions providing 30 compressions followed by 2 rescue breaths if you are trained and willing to give them.
Send someone for an AED and attach it as soon as it becomes available.
Remember to start CPR when a person is unresponsive and not breathing normally.
Remember the sequence: Unresponsive + not breathing normally = CPR + AED + 111.
Tomorrow: They make an occasional strange gasp. Does that mean they’re breathing? This catches people out.
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