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Don't Leave It to Luck

Learn Infant/Child CPR

By Donna Smith and Jessica Williams

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  • Continue compressions and rescue breathing until the infant revives or help arrives.

    • If you are able to revive the infant, seek immediate medical treatment as soon as possible.

    Child CPR

    The CPR rescue breathing and compression rates are different for children 1 to 8 years old than that of an infant or adult. While you should still check for responsiveness, shout for help and assess breathing with the Look, Listen and Feel method, the next procedures are different and you need to study them carefully. Here are the steps for child CPR:

    1. Perform the assessment checks for responsiveness and breathing. Shout for help. (See instructions above for infant CPR.)
    2. Open the child's airway by gently tilting the head back, being careful not to over extend. Look, Listen and Feel for breathing again. If the child is struggling to breathe, do not begin rescue breathing; just maintain an open airway.
    3. If the child is not breathing, perform rescue breathing right away. Pinch the child's nostrils shut and place your mouth over the child's mouth. Be sure there is a good seal. Steadily blow air into the child's mouth until you see the chest rise. Each breath should take 1 1/2 to 2 seconds. Remove your mouth after each breath to allow a normal exhale. After two good chest rises, check the child's pulse.
    4. Place your index fingertip and middle fingertip on the child's Adam's apple, then slide your fingers down the part of the neck that is facing you (you should be on the side of the child) until you locate the child's pulse. Check pulse for 5 to 10 seconds.

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