One-person CPR principles, as taught and practiced by professional nurses, require that the initial intervention for an unconscious patient who is not breathing is to:
1. lift the jaw to clear the airway.
2. call for assistance.
3. start chest compressions.
4. make two rescue breaths.
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With one-person CPR, when the patient is unconscious and not breathing, the first thing to do is to call for help.
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