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Never put
yourself in danger
and always call
999 first.
If you see someone who
is badly hurt would you
know how to help them?
This booklet tells you
what to do.
Find out what
to do if someone:
is bleeding a lot
is choking
has pains in their chest
is unconscious
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Bleeding
Do this when someone
is bleeding a lot.
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Never put
yourself in danger
and always call
999 first.
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Tell them to sit down,
or if they are dizzy,
tell them to lie down
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Try and see where the
blood is coming from
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4
If the cut is on an arm
or leg, help stop the
bleeding by lifting that
part up high
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If the bleeding won’t stop,
and you haven’t already
phoned 999, ask someone
to go and phone for an
ambulance. If there’s no
one to help, you will need
to make the phone call
I f there is nothing sticking
out, press down on the cut
with a clean towel or
something similar. Ask the
person to hold it down if
they can
If the cut has something in it
like a piece of glass, don’t pull it
out. Squeeze the sides of the cut
together instead. Make sure
you don’t get hurt too!
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If it was you who phoned
999, go straight back to the
person who is bleeding.
Keep them warm with your
coat or a blanket. Keep
talking to them until the
ambulance arrives
Here’s what Beatrice did...
Beatrice’s mum was making a salad when she cut
her hand very badly. There was a lot of blood and
she said she felt dizzy. Beatrice got her mum to lie
down and hold her hand up in the air. She pressed
clean tea-towels onto the cut and asked her mum
to hold them while she phoned 999 and asked
for an ambulance. While they waited for an
ambulance she put a blanket over her mum
and chatted to her to keep her calm.
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Choking
Do this when someone
has something stuck
in their throat.
What to look out for:
When a person gets something
stuck in their throat we call
it choking. They might not
be able to speak, cough or
breathe. Sometimes when
people are choking they
go a bit blue. They might
hold their neck or point
to their throat.
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and always call
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Here’s what Hannah did...
If they can’t answer and don’t
cough, slap the top part of their
back 5 times. After each slap, check
to see if they can now breathe
Hannah was in the school playground when Aamir started
choking on a piece of apple. Hannah asked him to cough but
he couldn’t. She told her friend to get a teacher and then she
did the back slaps. They didn’t work so she did the tummy
thrusts on Aamir. The apple came out and Aamir felt better.
But a teacher still took him to hospital – just to make sure.
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Ask the person
“can you cough?”
If they are still choking, you
need to do tummy thrusts.
Here’s how:
-Stand behind the person
and put your arms around
their tummy just above their
belly button
- Make a fist with one hand
and grab it with the other
- Push your fist hard into
their tummy in an upwards
direction
After each tummy thrust,
check to see if the person
can breathe again
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If they can’t stand,
help them to lie down
If they are still choking, and no
one has phoned an ambulance
yet, phone 999. If the person
seems to be asleep and you can’t
wake them up they need CPR.
CPR is a kind of pushing on the
chest. If you know how to do
CPR, start straight away
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Even if the person has
stopped choking after
the tummy thrusts they
must go to hospital to
check that they are okay
Never do tummy thrusts on a baby,
only do back slaps. You can’t do tummy
thrusts on someone who is under 1.
Don’t do the back slaps or the tummy thrusts
unless someone is actually choking. It can
be dangerous to do this to someone if they
don’t need you to.
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Pain in
the chest
Do this when someone has
a bad pain in their chest.
What to look out for:
When a grown-up gets pain
in their chest, they might be
having a heart attack. Other
things you might notice about
someone having a heart attack
are that they seem out of
breath, pale and sweaty.
They might say that they feel
sick or dizzy, and they may
feel a numbness or pain
in their arms, neck or jaw.
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and always call
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Go and get a grown-up
if there is one around
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3
Get the person to sit
down so they are
more comfortable
If no one has phoned for an
ambulance yet, get someone to
phone 999 and say that there’s
a person who might be having
a heart attack. If there is no one
to help you, you will need to
phone 999 yourself. Always call
for a grown-up if there is one
around and never do anything
that could put you in danger
or could hurt you
Here’s what Niah did...
Niah and his mum were at his Grandma’s.
Grandma said she felt really ill and like her chest
was being squashed. Niah said she should sit
down against the wall. Then he told his mum to
phone 999 and say that his Grandma might be
having a heart attack. Niah sat near her and told
her everything would be okay. The ambulance
came quickly and after a short stay in hospital
Niah’s Grandma started to feel better.
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Don’t give them
anything to eat
or drink
5
Stay with them until the
ambulance arrives and
tell them not to worry.
If they fall asleep and
won’t wake up, put them
in the recovery position.
If they stop breathing
normally they need
something called CPR –
a kind of pushing on their
chest. If you know how to
do CPR, start straight away
A heart attack and cardiac
arrest are not the same thing.
A heart attack is when
part of the heart muscle is not
getting enough blood. A
cardiac arrest is different. It’s
when the heart suddenly stops
working. People whose heart
has stopped working need
someone to do CPR – a kind
of pushing on their chest. This
keeps their heart pumping
until an ambulance arrives.
If you know how to do CPR,
start straight away.
Find out more
on the recovery
position
on page 11
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Unconscious
Do this when someone
won’t wake up.
What to look out for:
When someone won’t
wake up – even if you
shake them or shout.
This is called being
unconscious –
say un-con-shus.
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yourself in danger
and always call
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Now try and roll the
person so they are
lying on their back
Shake the person and loudly
ask if they’re okay. If the person
doesn’t wake up, shout for help
Put one hand on the
person’s forehead and
with the other hand,
put your fingers on
their chin. Tip their
head back to stop
their tongue blocking
their airway
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Watch and listen carefully.
Is their chest rising and
falling? Are they breathing?
If they are breathing normally
follow the steps on the next
page to put them in the
recovery position
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Recovery
position
Do this when you have
checked someone is
breathing but they
won’t wake up.
Never put
yourself in danger
and always call
999 first.
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Now roll the person
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Bend the leg that’s
furthest away from
you and pull it up
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Gently push their head back
again like you did when you
checked they were breathing
If no one has already phoned
999, then you need to. Ask for
an ambulance and tell them
the person won’t wake up
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When someone has a cardiac arrest, it means that
their heart stops working. They need someone to
do a special pushing on their chest to keep them
alive until the ambulance comes. This pushing
on the chest is called CPR.
The BHF is creating a Nation of Lifesavers by making
CPR training available through secondary schools,
community groups and workplaces. We will train
as many people as possible so that if a person has
a cardiac arrest, someone nearby will know how
to help save their life.
The CPR training kit is called ‘Call Push Rescue’.
It’s suitable for students 12 year old over.
To find out more about how your school can get
involved, or how you can get trained in CPR go
to bhf.org.uk/cpr
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