Science & Life Skills

Learn the important steps to help someone who has collapsed using the DRABC method.

We learned about the primary survey steps using DRABC, which stands for danger, response, airway, breathing and circulation. The first steps are checking for danger and getting a response from the casualty.

We learned about the AVPU scale to check how responsive someone is, and how to open the airway by tilting the head back and lifting the chin.

We learned how to check if someone is breathing by looking, listening and feeling for 10 seconds, and what to do if they're not breathing normally.

We learned about checking circulation by looking for severe bleeding, and the importance of following the DRABC steps in the correct order.

How to do the Primary Survey - First Aid Training - St John Ambulance