Resuscitation measures for pulmonary embolism are to keep the patient in the shock position, then administer oxygen, measure blood pressure and chest compressions.
When the patient has a pulmonary embolism attack, if the patient’s consciousness is awake, then you can let the patient lie down to keep calm, and use pillows to cushion the patient’s feet, so that his lower limbs and the ground at an angle of 30 °, so as to avoid the thrombus to continue to dislodge and thus aggravate the condition.
Then the patient’s collar should be unlocked, so that the patient to maintain smooth breathing, if possible, you can give the patient oxygen, and measure their blood pressure.
If the patient appears to be unconscious, and respiratory and cardiac arrest, then immediately perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Pulmonary embolism refers to a group of diseases or clinical syndromes caused by endogenous or exogenous emboli blocking the pulmonary artery or its branches, resulting in dysfunction of the pulmonary circulation and the right heart.
It is recommended that when a patient has an episode of pulmonary embolism, he or she be transported to the hospital for treatment after resuscitation measures have been done.