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First aid: our advice for training in life-saving skills

2021-06-26T06:34:54.954Z


The terrible heart attack suffered by Danish international Christian Eriksen shows how important learning first aid is.


Knowing how to carry out the first aid measures can save lives.

The proof with the cardiac arrest suffered by Danish footballer Christian Eriksen.

In the middle of a match against Finland, he collapsed.

Luckily, the medical staff were able to intervene quickly but sometimes the help can take time to arrive.

At such times, knowing how to provide first aid is essential.

Training from college

“You have to know how to react within three minutes,” emphasizes cardiologist François Carré, from the Heart and Research Foundation.

The more time passes, the more serious the consequences will be.

Each year 40,000 people are victims of cardiac arrest in France and only 7% survive.

"A person who knows how to intervene has a 40% chance of saving the victim against 5% if the witnesses do not react," he insists.

“After Christian Eriksen's accident, we noticed a 30% increase in registrations in one week,” reveals Madeleine Renié, director of civil protection training.

The approved association offers around ten PSC1 (level 1 prevention and civic assistance) training courses per day, at 60 euros.

Since 2016, the learning of these gestures has been generalized in middle and high school.

For adults, it is possible to register for these training courses of at least 7 hours with the firefighters or an approved civil security association: civil protection, the Red Cross ... "This certificate is valid for life, but it is It is advisable to do a little booster at least once every five years.

Also, as part of a professional need, your employer may request an annual update… You can never be too prepared!

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A person collapses: what to do?

In the premises of Civil Protection, they are ten that day to follow the course given by Ali, a former firefighter: “Today we have future teachers, young people in civic service and taxi drivers.

»To practice certain professions (nurses, pharmacists, VTC, etc.), the PSC1 is compulsory.

"A person collapses in front of you, what should be done?"

Ali asks.

Silence.

"Are we checking the breathing?"

»Noella offers.

Right answer.

If a person loses consciousness, then you have to make some noise to try to wake them up, ask simple questions: "Can you hear me?"

Are you OK ?

Or take both hands of the victim and ask to shake.

"Also remember to quickly free the airways by placing your head back," says Ali.

The victim breathes

To know if the victim is breathing, no need to approach the mouth, it suffices to observe the movements of the chest.

Crouching next to the mannequin, Ali continues his explanations: “Very quickly, the person must be placed in PLS (lateral safety position) in order to keep the airways free…” The trainer goes over the key steps of a PLS: place the arm at a right angle to the body, bend the elbow, grasp the opposite arm and bring the back of the hand to the ear, then grab the opposite leg behind the knee, bend it then turn the victim towards the rescuer without forgetting to open the mouth.

Call, massage, defibrillate

If the victim is no longer breathing, there are three things to do, recalls Professor François Carré: "Call for help (on the 15th), massage to revive the heart and defibrillate to stabilize the rhythm ..." A cardiac arrest is when the heart no longer functions or functions in an anarchic way.

Usually it is caused by a myocardial infarction.

Certain signs can alert such as palpitations, discomfort, cut legs: "In these cases, you have to stop the effort", emphasizes the professor.

"Sometimes the results are normal, as for the football player, and we can not predict this kind of accident", explains the cardiologist who is working on a new study on the impact of genetic diseases in young victims.

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Last part of the training, cardiac massage. An impressive gesture, but Ali tries to be reassuring: “Simply repeat cycles of 30 chest compressions with your palms and 2 breaths, then put on the defibrillator. Dounia, a future school teacher, tries in vain to remember the location of the closest defibrillator to her home. Fortunately, an app, Staying Alive, makes it easy to find them.

Source: leparis

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