my grandpa just passed out on ground, I don't know CPR, HELP!!!?
462287
call 911 then its 5 compressions to 2 breaths, you compress the sternem in between the lower portion of the ribs
379265
Try to get him some help, hes been traumatized by that event and doesn't know how to express that. Good luck to you guys!!
1074026
Since the Red Cross isn't helping, I would try local college, or even local hospital, not sure if the fire department can help you or not.
530851
Make sure he or she is breathing and call 911. If the weather is cold, I would also cover the person.
50359
Get help.  If you are in an unsafe situation contact the police immediately.  \n\nPlease understand that you are not the only person that this is happening to.  \n\nYou should speak to someone you can trust.  I would start with your mom and then move on to your grandparents, teachers, pastor.\n\n\nPlease comment and let us know if you are okay.
1081901
I've never had to call 911 (luckily) but I can imagine I'd be under immense pressure (as are you).  The basic fact is, when I'm sane and not freaking out about my relative or friend not breathing, I understand that without you, they would more than likely die.  So I'm sure they are thankful to you, whether or not they realize it at the time.
1130028
First, please accept my sincere condolences.   I lost my dad the same way about 10 years ago.  I'm going to be brutally honest with you because you need to know and knowing what is coming will make it easier for you to deal with.  Her lungs will fill with fluid.  They may try a couple of times to drain them but, eventually, they will advise that treatment is no longer effective.  They will keep her heavily medicated with pain killers, usually morphine.  Morphine effects different people in different ways.  Some sleep, some hallucinate.  Be prepared.  At the end, she will lapse into unconsciousness.  Her breathing will become more and more labored and, eventually, it will just stop.  \n\nBe there with her as long as she is conscious.  Let her tell you how much she loves you, even though you already know that.  She needs to say goodbye.  In that last vigil, hold her hand.  She'll know you're there to ease her passing.\n\nGod bless you and give you peace.
743525
Keep your hunting clothes in a bad with some pine straw, dont wear any kind of scented anything including deoderant. Be quiet and be still. Its very serene, very calming, and then you see it. Freeze. Dont make a peep. Wait for it to get in your sights. Youll feel a rush and you will hear your heart thumping through your ears. Aim, take a deep breath, hold it, squeeze the trigger.  When you get him, sit still, be quiet. If it drops immediately, wait a few and give him time to pass, if he runs, listen to where he is going and listen for the crash. Good luck. and god bless,
961422
Get him some Therabreath. There's coupons at http://www.therabreathwarning.com/info/therabreath.html
794777
Hello\n\n Boy that's a difficult question and one I am also going through right now with my mother.  I don't think anyone is going to be able to answer this for you and your family, you all know your mom the best.  I can only tell you what we have done.  My mother knows she has lung and heart problems but she really doesn't understand the severity of the problems.  The last time she was hospitalized she had to be put on life support, and the doctors told us she has about 6 months. She is terrified of doctors and hospitals and worries about dying.  She's been really sick for years now.  As a family we decided not to tell her what the doctors said because she gets so scared and we want her to get the most out of the time she has left without being scared and worring all the time.  So only your family knows enough about how your mother to make this decision.  Is she the kind of person who would want to get her affairs in order or would it only add to her suffering.  I hope this helps some. Good luck and God bless.
99158
I was having congestion problems really bad, runny nose, weak, hard to breathe, and it was the week before Christmas.  I knew if I waited to see if I would get better I would be in trouble, because most of the family doctors would be on vacation.  Ha, they all were anyway.  And I ended up at an emergency clinic.\n\nI didn't know it, but I had pneumonia.  I'm asthmatic, anyway, and know how to breathe when my lungs tighten.  So I was reading, waiting for my turn, and suddenly I realized I couldn't breathe at all.  Not an asthmatic attack, just no air coming in.\n\nI walked up to the receptionist.  I told her I couldn't breathe, passed out, and on the way down I heard some jerk on the list before me with a twisted ankle belly aching, "What some people won't try to get ahead of someone else."\n\nThe receptionist just stood there, a nurse came out to see what caused the commotion, ran and came back with a doctor.  He straightened me on the floor and the nurse came back with an oxygen tube.  The receptionist was still standing there, holding her PEOPLE magazine, and the doctor screamed at her to call an ambulance, they didn't have the equipment to save me.  And she stood there.  He told her again to call an ambulance, and she walked away toward the phone, no urgency at all, and it was then, when I was angry with her, that I realized I was watching all this from outside my body.  I was standing at my own head watching the doctor trying to resuscitate me and the nurse was very urgent, and starting to cry.\n\nThen I was sucked into this blue light.  I couldn't see anything anymore, but I could hear voices.  Someone I understood to be my guardian said I was in holding, that I could either go with him, or go back.  I figured I was already dead, anyway, and thought I would just go, but he asked me what would happen to my dog if I went.\n\nI didn't live with my parents, I rented a house.  But even though Trinket was in my will and I had a guardian for her, my parents had told me if anything happened to me, she was going to the pound, that they wouldn't even take her to a humane society.  I had rescued Trinket from a shelter's death row, she was a senior canine, and the thought of her going in the animal control truck to be killed, and her knowing where she was going when she was within earshot of the pound was enough to bring me back into my body.\n\nI still couldn't breathe, but now I fought for the oxygen, and I finally managed a sip from the tube.  I was seeing the doctor from my own eyes again.\n\nHe later told me I was his Christmas miracle, that my skin had turned bluer than my eyes, that if my heart hadn't been strong, I would have died.
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Your local Red Cross office gives CPR classes and basic first aid classes for a fee, and gives you certification in both.  You can look them up in the white pages of your local phone directory.  Look under either American Red Cross, or just Red Cross.\n\nIf as you say, classes are "up on the island" then you might have to travel there to take them.  OR...call them back, see if they know of another source available to you thats closer to where you live.  If not...bear the brunt of the cost of gas or cab ride (if you really need them) and go for it!
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The signs are pale in the face, pain in the chest and some times shooting down the left arm, sweating, dizziness.\nWhat to do: 1st and most important is to get someone to call 911 if possible send 2 people together so one won't get scared and just leave. If by yourself you go make the call. Lay person down on their back and elevate their feet. Loosen any tight clothing,(tie, belt,) do nothing as long as the person can still breath and has a pulse and stay with person until EMT arrives. If person's heart stops start CPR until EMT shows.
393776
he had a stroke, he is completely incapacitated....last I heard....he may have passed on by now.
858677
u should never perform cpr on an alert person.  it is dangerous an can cause internal damage as well as respiratory side effects
514567
Take a VERY deep breath and hold it until you think you are goind to pass out, then do it again...\n\nAlways works for me.
1147382
Yes it can cause respiratory failure which would result in passing out.I had it happen to me but did get warning signs before it became serious to the point that I passed out. If you get dizzy sit down immediately and begin pursed lip breathing, count to 2 while breathing in and 4 as you exhale and try to think of nothing else but this, if your alone immediately dial 911 if not have someone call for you. Best to err on the safe side if this appears a possibility given how your feeling.  The success rates are pretty high when you reach emergency care. Its quite uneasy but try not to panic , remember the pursed lip breathing and do it .But the overall best thing is know your limitations , an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure regarding this. Don't overexert yourself to the point of dizzyness and see your doctor regarding this.