CHILD & INFANT CPR
*An infant is a child less than one year old (if you don’t know their
age, if they can walk
they are a child)
*A child is 1 to 8 years old
Three types of life threatening emergencies
1.) Respiratory arrest
2.) Cardiac arrest
3.) Choking
Signs of respiratory arrest
1.) Unresponsive
2.) Not breathing
Signs of Cardiac arrest
Heart stops pumping
1.) Unresponsive
2.) No signs of circulation
3.) Limp and lifeless
4.) No normal breathing
Choking
Can’t cough, speak or
breathe
May hear weak breathing
S.I.D.S. is the #1 cause of cardiac arrest and death in infants age one
month
to six months
Put your baby “back” to sleep
Infant Chain of Survival
Prevention of Cardiac
Arrest
Early CPR
Early Access 911
Early Advanced care
Three most common causes
1.) S.I.D.S.
2.) Injuries
Car accidents/safety seats, wear helmet when riding a bike and know the
rules of the road/ put poisons up out of reach/poison control # by phone
3.) Choking
Don’t let children play
with anything that is small enough to fit through a toilet paper roll.
Early Action
One minute of CPR THEN call 911 (if alone)
Infant
1.) Check for
responsiveness
2.) Gently tap baby’s foot “Baby, baby are you alright?”
3.) Yell for help
4.) Open airway/head tilt chin lift
Slightly tilt head back and lift chin with one hand and
hold forehead
down with other hand
~Only slightly tilt head back too far will obstruct
airway
place ear over nose and mouth to
Look, Listen and Feel for breathing
3.) Give two slow breaths/seal the baby’s mouth and nose with your
mouth/each breath should be 1 to 1 ˝ seconds
Make sure to make the chest rise, (only enough air to make the chest
rise) if
not reopen the airway/reposition head and try again
Chest compressions should be at a rate of 100 per minute
