If you are assisting a person - an adult or child - who is unconscious, this is a genuine emergency. "If you are alone, call 911 immediately, and sacrifice your call and address," Dr. Pettyjohn said. "Also have a quick identifier of your location, such as `the house with the lighter on` or `the theatre at the end of the street with a green mailbox` so first responders can get you easily." After calling 911, Dr. Pettyjohn said you should revert to the unconscious patient and perform CPR. "The Alphabet of CPR support is airway, breathing and circulation," he said. "If others are with you, begin CPR and send someone else to call 911." Dr. Pettyjohn said to perform CPR to the round of the popular Bee Gees tune "Stayin` Alive." The call is slow to remember, and it has roughly 100 beats per minute - a pure number to keep the best rhythm for performing CPR. For patients who are conscious with symptoms of a stroke - weakness, inability to speak, or difficulty moving arms or legs - time is vital to prevent permanent damage to the brain. "It is crucial to call 911 and offer funding to the patient until the paramedics arrive," Dr. Pettyjohn said. "If the patient is conscious and has symptoms of a heart attack - such as chest pain, with trouble in the jaw or arms - time is also critical," Dr. Pettyjohn said. "It is crucial to get the patient to the infirmary to prevent departure of heart muscle. Aspirin may be given." "For significant injuries such as fractures, large cuts and falls with injuries, you make a bit more time, but calling 911 is nevertheless the key to acquiring the aid the patient needs," Dr. Pettyjohn said. "For those injuries with bleeding, the old banner of first aid is to put pressure on the injury to retard the bleeding. As always, maintain concern for the patient until the paramedics arrive."
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