VI. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION—BACK-PRE

VI. ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION—BACK-PRESSURE ARM-LIFT: a. Place your hands on the flat of the victims back so that the palms lie just below an imaginary line running between the arm pits. With tips of your thumbs just touching, spread you fingers downward and outward. b. Rock forward, with elbows straight until your arms are almost upright and let the weight of the upper part of your body press slowly, steadily and evenly downward on your hands on the victim’s back. c. Release the pressure by removing the hands from the back without a push and rock slowly backward on your heels. As you do this, slide your hands outward and grasp the victim’s arms near the elbows. d. Draw the victim’s arms upward and toward you with just enough of a lift to feel resistance and tension at the victim’s shoulders. Do not bend your elbows. Then lower his arms to the ground. e. Continue this action until normal breathing is resumed by victim.