CPR Archives

Awareness February 1, 2023

Help! Someone is choking

There are two types of choking: a partial airway obstruction (mild choking), and a complete airway obstruction (severe choking). The second scenario is the one that could be fatal if not acted on immediately. ER24’s Johannesburg West Branch Manager Raeesah Boomgaard share…

Awareness September 21, 2022

How to help someone in cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest occurs when someone’s heart suddenly stops beating, leading to loss of breathing and unconsciousness. The most common cause is a heart attack, explains Tao Carstens, Branch Manager for ER24 Southern Cape, but there are many other reasons for cardiac arrest,…

Awareness June 22, 2022

CPR for Babies

Here's what to do if your baby is in distress. Click on the image to enlarge or to download.

Awareness May 21, 2021

Why you need to learn CPR

What would you do if an adult or child wasn't breathing? Would you know how to potentially save a life? No? Maybe? Here’s some help. On the 29th of January 2020, in Bloemfontein, Bianca Victor received a call from her son’s nursery…

Incidents November 15, 2020

[MEYERTON] Boy declared dead following drowning

A boy, believed to be 13-years-old, was declared dead following a fatal drowning at a pool in Meyerton this afternoon. When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 13h30, they found lifeguards performing CPR on the boy. Paramedics continued with the…

Tag: CPR

Help! Someone is choking

How to help someone in cardiac arrest

CPR for Babies

Why you need to learn CPR

[MEYERTON] Boy declared dead following drowning

[N4] – Two separate collisions leave two dead and three injured.

[PAROW] – Child critically injured after falling from height.

[R31] – Head-on collision leaves one dead, twenty injured.

The Benefits of Blood Donation: For the Receiver and The Donor

Alcohol poisoning: signs, symptoms and how to help someone suffering from it

Mediclinic Achievers Ceremony: From student to graduate

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