 | International Maritime Organization - 2001 - 110 pages
...Fig. 6. Mouth-to-mouth respiration Attendant removes his mouth and allows the patient to exhale • Remove your mouth and allow the patient to exhale...of the sternum and place the heel of the hand about 4cm nearer the head of the patient (see Fig. 9). Your fingers must never rest on the patient's ribs... | |
 | Jon L. Jenkins, G. Richard Braen - 2005 - 710 pages
...placed in a supine position on a hard surface, external cardiac compressions are initiated by placing the heel of one hand over the lower half of the sternum and the heel of the second hand on top of the first hand. Pressure over the xiphoid process should... | |
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... second. For external cardiac compression to be effective, the patient must be on a firm surface. If he is in bed, a board or improvised support should be placed under his back, but compression must not be delayed for that purpose. The rescuer stations... 