This page provides the full detailed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) sequence for infants (babies under 1 year old) and children. It's highly recommended that every parent or carer goes on a first aid course, as it makes this process much easier to understand and remember. If a baby or child is unresponsive and not breathing normally, call 999 and start CPR straight away. When you call 999 for an ambulance, you should be given basic life-saving instructions over the phone, including advice about CPR. Child and baby CPR steps1. Ensure the area is safe
2. Check your child's responsiveness
3a. If your child responds by answering or moving
3b. If your child does not respond
If the child is under 1 year old:
If the child is over 1 year old:
If you think there may have been an injury to the neck, tilt the head carefully, a small amount at a time, until the airway is open. Opening the airway takes priority over a possible neck injury. 4. Check their breathingKeeping the airway open, look, listen and feel for normal breathing by putting your face close to your child's face and looking along their chest.
Look, listen and feel for no more than 10 seconds before deciding that they're not breathing. Gasping breaths should not be considered to be normal breathing. 5a. If your child is breathing normally
5b. If your child is not breathing or is breathing infrequently and irregularly
Rescue breaths for a baby under 1 year
Rescue breaths for a child over 1 year
5c. Obstructed airwayIf you have difficulty achieving effective breathing in your child, the airway may be obstructed.
6. Assess the circulation (signs of life)Look for signs of life. These include any movement, coughing, or normal breathing – not abnormal gasps or infrequent, irregular breaths. Signs of life presentIf there are definite signs of life:
No signs of life presentIf there are no signs of life:
7. Chest compressions: general guidance
Although the rate of compressions will be 100-120 a minute, the actual number delivered will be fewer because of the pauses to give breaths. The best method for compression varies slightly between infants and children. Chest compression in babies less than 1 year
Chest compression in children over 1 year
If you had no response to your call for help and you're alone, continue resuscitation for about 1 minute before trying to get help – for example, by calling 999. 8. Continue resuscitation until
Further information on first aid
When performing chest compressions for an infant in a 2 rescuer situation you should put 2 fingers?The 2-thumb–encircling hands technique (Figure 4) is recommended when CPR is provided by 2 rescuers. Encircle the infant's chest with both hands; spread your fingers around the thorax, and place your thumbs together over the lower third of the sternum. Forcefully compress the sternum with your thumbs.
When performing chest compressions for an infant in a two rescuer situation you should put two blank in the center of the chest on the lower half of the breast bone?Rescuers, especially those who are trained in CPR, may also perform chest compressions by the 'two-thumb encircling hands technique. ' To do this, encircle the infant's chest with both hands, and compress the chest with both thumbs about one third to one half the depth of the chest.
When performing chest compressions for an infant in a 2 rescuer situation you should put 2 quizlet?Hand Placement: -1 rescuer places 2 fingers in the center of the chest, just below the nipple line. -2 rescuers use the 2 thumb-encircling hands technique in the center of the chest, just below the nipple line.
When performing chest compressions for an infant you can use 2 thumbs or put 2 quizlet?during 2 rescuer CPR, the rescuer doing compressions should use the 2 thumb-encircling hands technique. when they are available, the rescuer should use child pads with a pediatric dose attenuator for infants and children less than 8 years of age.
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