R.V.R. Elettronica PTX-LCD, User Manual

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3. First Aid
Personnel involved in the installation, use, and maintenance of the equipment
must be familiar with the theory and practice of first aid.
3.1 Treating electric shocks
3.1.1 If the victim is inconscious
Follow the first aid principles described below.
• Lay the victim down on his back on a rigid surface
• Free the respiratory tracts by raising the neck and pushing the forehead back
(Figure 1).
• If necessary, check the breathing of the victim opening his mouth.
• If the victim is not breathing, start artificial respiration immediately (Figure 2):
incline the head, close the nostrils, apply your mouth to the victim’s and make
four fast respirations.
Figure 1 Figure 2
• Check the heart beat (Figure 3); if there is none, start a cardiac massage
immediately (Figure 4) pressing the sternum approximately at the centre of the
chest (Figure 5).
Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5
• If there is just one person providing first aid, he must adopt a rhythm of 15
compressions and 2 fast respirations alternately.
• If there are two persons, the rhythm must be 1 respiration and 5 compressions
alternately