Editing First aid (section)

=== ABC and CABD cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol ===
This protocol (originally named as '''ABC''') is a simplified version or concrete application of the previous csABCDE (or ABCDE) protocol, that focuses in the use of [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation#Compressions with rescue breaths|cardio-pulmonary resuscitation]]. The American Heart Association and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation teach it as a reference.<ref>{{Cite web |last=American Heart Association (AHA) |date=2015 |title=Highlights of the Guidelines for CPR and ECC |url=http://eccguidelines.heart.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-AHA-Guidelines-Highlights-English.pdf.heart.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-AHA-Guidelines-Highlights-English.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190203102957/http://eccguidelines.heart.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-AHA-Guidelines-Highlights-English.pdf.heart.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-AHA-Guidelines-Highlights-English.pdf|access-date=2024-12-01|archive-date=February 3, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Field |first1=John M. |last2=Hazinski |first2=Mary Fran |last3=Sayre |first3=Michael R. |last4=Chameides |first4=Leon |last5=Schexnayder |first5=Stephen M. |last6=Hemphill |first6=Robin |last7=Samson |first7=Ricardo A. |last8=Kattwinkel |first8=John |last9=Berg |first9=Robert A. |last10=Bhanji |first10=Farhan |last11=Cave |first11=Diana M. |last12=Jauch |first12=Edward C. |last13=Kudenchuk |first13=Peter J. |last14=Neumar |first14=Robert W. |last15=Peberdy |first15=Mary Ann |date=2010-11-02 |title=Part 1: Executive Summary: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care |url=https://ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970889 |journal=Circulation |language=en |volume=122 |issue=18 Suppl 3 |pages=S640-56 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970889 |pmid=20956217 |issn=0009-7322|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Its current mnemonic is '''CABD''' (an improvement in the sequence for most of the cases):

* '''Circulation''' or Chest '''Compressions.'''
* '''Airway''': attempt to open the airway (using a head-tilt and chin-lift technique; not in the case of babies, which require avoid tilting the head).
* '''Breathing''' or Rescue '''Breaths'''.
* '''Defibrillation''': use of an automated external defibrillator to recover heart function.