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Unit Three, Lesson Three - Infant and Child CPR Slide 1

Infant (Age 0-1 Year)

and Child (Age 1-8 Years)

CPR


Infant (Age 0-1 Year) CPR

1. Make sure the scene is safe

2. Tap the infant’s foot and shout,

“Are you okay?”


Infant (Age 0-1 Year) CPR (cont.)

3. If no response, shout for help

• If someone comes, have them call

911 or your local emergency number

• If no one comes, start CPR



4. Gently place the infant on a firm, flat surface

5. Open the infant’s airway (tilt head and lift chin)

6. Look, listen, and feel for breathing (5 to 10 seconds)



7. If not breathing, seal your mouth

over the infant’s nose and mouth and

give two breaths (one second each,

removing your mouth after each breath)

8. Watch for the chest to rise with each breath

9. Quickly remove clothes from the front of chest



10. With two fingers, one finger width

below the nipple line:

• Give 30 chest compressions (pushing

straight down 1/3 to1/2 the depth of the chest

at the rate of 100 per minute) then two breaths

• After each compression, release pressure on the

chest letting it come back to its normal position but

keeping your fingers in the same place



11. After five sets of 30 compressions

and two breaths, call 911 or your

local emergency number if you have

not already done so

12. Answer all dispatcher questions, then

return to the infant and start the steps of

CPR again



13. Keep giving sets of 30

compressions and two breaths

until the infant moves or trained

help takes over


Child (Age 1-8 Years) CPR

1. Make sure the scene is safe

2. Tap the child’s shoulder and shout,

“Are you okay?”

To protect both you and the victim, avoid contact with body substances or fluids, known as Body Substance Isolation (BSI), whenever possible. BSI procedures

assume that all body fluids are a possible risk; use gloves and/or breathing barriers, if available, and always wash your hands after care.


Child (Age 1-8 Years) CPR (cont.)

3. If no response, shout for help

• If someone comes, have them call

911 or your local emergency number

• If no one comes, start CPR



4. Gently place the child on a firm, flat surface

5. Open the child’s airway (tilt head and lift chin)

6. Look, listen, and feel for breathing (5 to 10 seconds)



7. If not breathing, plug the child’s nose,

seal your mouth over the child’s mouth,

and give two breaths (one second each,

removing your mouth after each breath)

8. Watch for the chest to rise with each breath

9. Quickly remove clothes from the front of chest



10. With the heel of one hand on the child’s

sternum between the child’s nipples:

• Give 30 chest compressions (pushing straight

down 1/3 to1/2 the depth of the chest at the

rate of 100 per minute), then two breaths

• After each compression, release pressure on

the chest letting it come back to its normal

position but keeping your hand in the same place



11. After five sets of 30 compressions

and two breaths, call 911 or your

local emergency number if you have

not already done so

12. Answer all dispatcher questions, then

return to the child and start the steps of

CPR again



13. Keep giving sets of 30

compressions and two breaths

until the child moves or trained

help takes over


Breathing Tips

• Do not tilt head back too far to

avoid blocking airway

• If your mouth is too small to cover the

infant’s mouth and nose, put your mouth

over the infant’s nose while plugging

the infant’s mouth


Breathing Tips (cont.)

• If the breath does not go in, reopen

the airway (tilt head and lift chin)

before giving the second breath

• Stop breaths when you see the chest rise

and remove mouth so that the air expels

naturally from the lungs


Breathing Tips (cont.)

• Gasping is NOT breathing

• If infant/child vomits, clean out his or

her mouth with a clean cloth and/or

your finger and continue breaths


Compression Tips

• If possible, place the infant/child

on a surface above ground, such as

a table, to ease giving CPR

• Kneel at the victim’s side


Compression Tips (cont.)

• Make sure the victim is on his or

her back

• Push hard and fast (100 times per minute)

• Push straight down 1/3 to 1/2 the

depth of the chest (sternum only to avoid

breaking ribs)



• On a child, be sure to keep your

arms straight and your shoulders

above the victim’s heart

• If the child is large, use two hands for

compressions, placing one hand directly

on top of the other



• COUNT out loud (i.e., one and

two and three and…)

• Always keep skin-to-skin contact

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