Have you ever heard about BLS before? Maybe some of you are already familiar with this term or maybe not. So, BLS or Basic Life Support is basic course of action that a rescuer should perform for life support. Although it is one of medical procedure, not only professional to be the one who in charge of BLS. Every person, aspecially lifeguard, police officer, firefighters, social workers, and teachers are often required to do this.
Why is it so important to know ? Maybe some of you have seen
person that felt chest pain suddenly and
then unconscious? What did you do when that happen? Most of people will
answer call medical care immediately to help him. Yes. That is right. But the
next question is while you were waiting for them, what did you do then ? Exactly.
This is the time to you to perform BLS. According to American Heart Association
(AHA), performing BLS as soon as possible to the patient has better prognosis
to save life. Beside that, when doing BLS, you will do the cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR). It means you will be his heart and give him breath so
blood still maintain the delivery of oxygen to the cell.
How can I perform BLS? You should remember “DRSABCD”. Look
at the picture below.
