Unresponsive and breathing
How to help someone who is unresponsive and breathing. This means they don’t answer or move if you call their name or shake their shoulders, and they are breathing.
With regard to the current coronavirus crisis, guidance can be found in our Guidance and Support section. Please always consider your own personal safety first when delivering first aid.
Learning objectives
- Learn first aid skills
- Feel confident to help someone who needs first aid
- Feel able to help someone who is in need of first aid
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Take action: If someone is unresponsive and breathing, roll them over and tilt their head back.
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First aid for someone who is unresponsive and breathing
Step 1
Someone who is unresponsive won’t answer or move if you call their name or shake their
shoulders. Check if they are breathing. Is their chest moving? Can you hear them breathing?
Can you feel breaths on your cheek? If the answer is yes, they are breathing.
Step 2
If they are breathing, roll them onto their side and tilt their head back.
Step 3
Tell an adult and call 999.
Learn
Use these resources to help children learn how to help someone who is unresponsive and not breathing.
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Practise
Use these resources to help children practice how to help someone who is unresponsive and not breathing.
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