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The need for emergency life support
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The need for emergency life support "Emergency Life Support" describes the essential knowledge and skills needed in a life-threatening emergency. This may be for a threatened heart attack, sudden collapse, severe bleeding or choking. You should know how to get an ambulance or other medical assistance wherever you are. To live we need to have a regular supply of oxygen to all parts of our body. In particular the brain will become severely damaged if it is deprived of oxygen for more than a few minutes. To keep the brain supplied with oxygen three things are essential: A An open and clear AIRWAY through which air, containing oxygen, can pass to the lungs. B BREATHING - a process which delivers air into the lungs where oxygen can enter the blood stream. C A CIRCULATION which requires a pumping heart together with sufficient blood in the blood vessels to carry oxygen from...
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