The professional caregiver skilfully and safely provides Basic Life Support (BLS) in an emergency according to resuscitation guidelines. This is done autonomously and independently. | The professional caregiver is able to: - recognise cardiac arrest,
- recognise respiratory arrest,
- assess a person for responsiveness,
- assess state of consciousness (e.g. Glasgow Coma Scale),
- assess breathing and circulation of an unconscious person,
- trigger or carry out the emergency call,
- recognise severe airway obstruction and bring patient/client into appropriate position,
- identify and remove foreign bodies from airway,
- insert oropharyngeal airway,
- perform the Heimlich manoeuvre on persons,
- apply sufficient cardiac massage according to the guidelines (e.g. to infants, to adults),
- attach defibrillation electrodes and defibrillation electrode pads,
- apply automated external defibrillation with automated external defibrillators,
- apply mouth-to-nose/mouth-to-mouth ventilation,
- connect the pieces of a ventilation device (e.g. Ambu® Mask),
- apply device-to-mouth ventilation (e.g. Ambu® Bag),
- place a person in the recovery position,
- position patient/client with suspected cervical spine injury.
| The professional caregiver is able to: - explain legal regulations and consequences regarding BLS (see also CA.B.3),
- explain cardiac arrest and its effects,
- explain respiratory arrest and its effects,
- explain different states of awareness (e.g. unconscious, somnolent, conscious),
- name emergency numbers (e.g. public, in-house),
- describe how to check an airway,
- describe the Heimlich manoeuvre principles,
- name points at which the pulse can be determined (e.g. arteria carotis, arteria femoralis),
- explain physiology of breathing,
- describe the technique of mouth-to-mouth/mouth-to-nose ventilation,
- describe the technique of device-to-mouth ventilation,
- explain the technique of cardiac massage (e.g. amount of pressure according to the patient’s/client’s age),
- explain the recovery position and describe the positioning of patients/clients with cardiac arrest,
- explain how to operate automated external defibrillators,
- name useful medical equipment,
- explain precautions of cervical spine injury in emergency cases.
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