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Use this helpful guide in an emergency
Infant and Child CPR ABC’s
1.
Check the victim:
if unresponsive, do CPR for 5 cycles (about 2 minutes) then Phone 911,
or send someone to phone while you do CPR.
2.
Airway:
open the airway with the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
3.
Breathing: to check
breathing, look, listen, and feel. If victim not
breathing
normally, give 2 slow breaths (each breath to make the
chest rise).
4.
Compressions:
immediately begin chest
compressions. 30 compressions to 2 breaths (approx. 100
per minute).
5.
Continue: “pump and blow”:
cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breath.
Continue uninterrupted until advanced life support
arrives.
Adult CPR ABC’s
1.
Check the victim: if the victim is
unresponsive, phone 911.
2.
Airway: open the airway
with the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
3.
Breathing: to check
breathing, look, listen, and feel. If victim not
breathing normally, give 2 slow breaths (each breath to
make the chest rise).
4.
Compressions:
immediately begin chest
compressions. 30 compressions to 2 breaths (approx. 100
per minute).
5.
Continue: “pump and blow”:
cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breath.
Continue uninterrupted until AED and advanced life
support arrive.
— AED not to be used on Infants —
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