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CPR For Children and Infants: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure used to manually maintain heart function and breathing in a person whose heart and breathing have stopped. The basic steps of CPR include calling for emergency help, checking for breathing, providing chest compressions and rescue breaths in a repeated cycle until emergency services arrive. CPR procedures for children and infants follow similar steps but with modifications such as using one hand or two fingers for chest compressions instead of two hands, and adjusting the depth and rate of compressions according to age.

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CPR For Children and Infants: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure used to manually maintain heart function and breathing in a person whose heart and breathing have stopped. The basic steps of CPR include calling for emergency help, checking for breathing, providing chest compressions and rescue breaths in a repeated cycle until emergency services arrive. CPR procedures for children and infants follow similar steps but with modifications such as using one hand or two fingers for chest compressions instead of two hands, and adjusting the depth and rate of compressions according to age.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful in many


emergencies, including a heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing
or heartbeat has stopped.

CPR steps:

1. Call 911 or ask someone else to.


2. Lay the person on their back and open their airway.
3. Check for breathing. If they are not breathing, start CPR.
4. Perform 30 chest compressions.
5. Perform two rescue breaths.
6. Repeat until an ambulance or automated external defibrillator (AED)
arrives.

CPR for children and infants


Step 1. Call 911 or give 2 minutes of care

First, check the surrounding area for factors that could put you in danger. Next, check the child
or infant to see whether they need help. For children, tap their shoulder and shout, “Are you
OK?” For infants, flick the sole of their foot to see if they respond.

Step 2. Place them on their back and open their airways

Place the child or infant carefully on their back and kneel beside their chest. Tilt their head
backward slightly by lifting their chin.

Open their mouth. Check for any obstruction, such as food or vomit. If it is loose, remove it. If it
is not loose, do not touch it, as this may push it farther into their airways.
Step 3. Check for breathing

Place your ear next to their mouth and listen for around 10 seconds. If you do not hear breathing,
or you only hear occasional gasps, begin to administer CPR.

Step 4. Perform two rescue breaths

If the child or infant is not breathing, perform two rescue breaths with their head tilted backward
and their chin raised.

For a child, pinch their nose shut and place your mouth over theirs. Breathe into their mouth
twice.

For an infant, place your mouth over their nose and mouth and blow for 1 second to make their
chest rise. Then, deliver two rescue breaths.

If they are still unresponsive, begin chest compressions.

Step 5. Perform 30 chest compressions

Kneel beside the child or infant.

For a child, use one of your hands. Place the heel of the hand at their sternum, which is in the
center of the chest, between and slightly below their nipples. Press down hard and fast around 2
inches deep, or one-third the depth of the chest, at least 100 times per minute.

For an infant, use two fingers. Place your fingers in the center of their chest, between and slightly
below the nipples. Perform 30 quick compressions around 1.5 inches deep.

Step 6. Repeat

Repeat the cycle of rescue breaths and chest compressions until the child starts breathing or help
arrives.

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