Infant & Child 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