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Automated External Defibrillation

Check response - open airway - check breathing - call 112

Activate the AED
Follow the voice prompts without delay.

Attach pads
Attach one pad below the left armpit.
Attach the other pad below the right collar bone,
next to the breastbone.

Stand clear
Ensure that nobody touches the victim whilst the
AED is analysing the heart rhythm.

Deliver shock
Ensure that everybody is clear of the victim.

Start CPR immediately

Place your hands in the centre of the chest.
Deliver 30 chest compressions.
Seal your lips around the mouth.
Blow steadily until the chest rises.
Give next breath when the chest falls.
Continue CPR.

30:2

Follow the voice prompts without delay.

If the victim starts to breathe normally, stop CPR.

If still unconscious, turn him into the recovery position.
Published March 2007 by European Resuscitation Council Secretariat VZW, Drie Eikenstraat 661, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium
Product reference: POSTER-2007-AED_A0-EN Copyright European Resuscitation Council