What to do if someone collapses

It is quite possible they are having a cardiac arrest!

If the patient is unconscious, rapid action is required to help save them – especially if they are not breathing, for brain damage will occur from around two minutes after they stop breathing.

Click on the photos above for visual advice – use the arrows (on the sides of your screen) to scroll through the photos...

• There's a caption under each photo.
• The importance of following the DR ABC code is explained on the St John's Ambulance website.
• St John's has also produced a useful emergency first aid advice poster.

The excellent CPR training sessions run by East Anglian Air Ambulance in Hatley Village Hall gave very useful and practical advice.

_{Gallery created 23rd September 2019; updated 10th March 2022.}