(i) Persons who have stopped breathing may be subjected to artificial respiration.
(ii) Most common method of artificial respiration is mouth to mouth breathing.
(iii) In this method, the operator lifts the patients neck by placing a hand below it. The operator then closes the nostrils of the patient with fingers. The operator keeps his own mouth in front of patient's mouth and blows air into the mouth of the patient, then he releases the patients mouth to allow expiration by his lungs.
(iv) This procedure should be repeated 10-15 times per minute.