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2 Lay the victim on his back on a firm surface.

3 Kneel alongside facing the chest and locate the lower part of the breastbone. (Fig 2)

Fig 2

4 Place the palm of one hand on the centre of the lower part of the breastbone, keeping your fingers off the ribs.
Cover the palm with your other hand and lock your fingers together as shown in Fig 3.

Fig 3

5 Keeping your arms straight, press sharply down on the lower part of the breastbone; then release the pressure.
(Fig 4)

Fig 4

6 Repeat step 5, fifteen times at the rate of atleast once per second.
7 Check the cardiac pulse. (Fig 5)
8 Move back to the victim’s mouth to give two breaths (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation). (Fig 6)
9 Continue with another 15 compressions of the heart followed by a further two breaths of mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation, and so on, check the pulse at frequent intervals.

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CITS : CG & M - Fitter - Exercise 6