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Article: BLS and CPR - emergency links to life. (basic life support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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Imagine someone you love lying on the ground, unconscious, apparently not breathing or showing a pulse. Maybe this is the result of a fall, near-drowning immersion, severe trauma, electric shock, heart attack or car accident. Whatever the reason, this person you love is without breath or heartbeat; he or she is dying and will be dead in a matter of minutes unless someone intervenes, someone knowledgeable in the techniques of life support. Do you know what to do?
Outdoors or indoors, everyone (especially every parent) should know and receive training in basic life-support skills. The techniques and principles are straightforward and easy to learn. The American ...