A montage of life-saving action is seen: surgeons in an operating theatre, a helicopter rescuing a drowning person and firemen lifting someone from a burning house. The male narrator says that everyone can save a life if they know 'The ABC of CPR'. An animation of a jogger explains how the respiratory system works. Examples of people deprived from oxygen are seen: a drowning man, a woman in a smoky room, a boy playing with a plastic bag and a woman in a car crash. Other examples are also seen: a man trapped under a heavy object and an overdose of drugs. Two men act out an emergency situation. One man creates an airway in the unconscious man (the 'A' - 'Airway open') by extending the neck and clearing the mouth. He then rolls him into the recovery position. The 'kiss of life', mouth-to-mouth ventilation, is also seen.