Unresponsive and breathing
Learn how to help someone who is unresponsive and 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 in need of first aid
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Raheem and his friends are celebrating when Mark passes out in the bathroom. Raheem finds him and acts quickly to help his friend.
nextWhy was this a serious situation for Mark to find himself in?
How did tilting Mark’s head back help him to keep breathing?
Take action: If someone is unresponsive and breathing, move them onto their side and tilt their head back.
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How to help someone who is unresponsive and breathing
Step 1.
Tilt their head back and look at their chest or stomach to see if it is moving. Look, listen and feel for breaths. If they are breathing, their chest or stomach will move.
Step 2.
Move them onto their side and tilt their head back.
Step 3.
Call 999 immediately or get someone else to do it.
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Learn
These activities help young people learn what to do if someone is unresponsive and breathing.
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Practise
These activities help young people practise how to help someone who is unresponsive and breathing.
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Practise all first aid skills
These activities help young people to practise more than one first aid skill.
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Safety and wellbeing
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Secondary guidance and support
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