Only one in 13 people feel confident they could carry out first aid on those ill and injured, a survey suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8246912.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8246912.stm
Cure the hiccups
|
7.52%
|
10
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Dial 999
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12.03%
|
16
|
Apply a tourniquet
|
8.27%
|
11
|
Do CPR
|
11.28%
|
15
|
Stem heavy bleeding
|
9.77%
|
13
|
Do the Heimlich manoeuvre
|
8.27%
|
11
|
Perform an emergency tracheotomy
|
3.01%
|
4
|
Assist in birth giving, and conception too
|
3.76%
|
5
|
Put the injured into the recovery position
|
10.53%
|
14
|
Help by not helping
|
6.02%
|
8
|
Take pictures or rubberneck from a safe distance
|
3.76%
|
5
|
Faint or panic
|
2.26%
|
3
|
Shout “that’s all wrong you are going to kill him”
|
3.01%
|
4
|
Offer comfort and the last rites
|
6.02%
|
8
|
Walk on by
|
4.51%
|
6
|
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