CPR: Infant / Child

Written by Matt Young

Table of Contents

CPR for the Unresponsive / Pulseless Patron 

Child (1 year- Adolescence/7 years old) / Infant (birth- 1 year)

FIRST AID

  1. Complete primary assessment- normal breathing absent; pulse absent.
  2. Activate EAP, Get AED- utilize AED as soon as possible. When alone, for an infant or a child, provide 2 minutes of care first.
  3. Give chest compressions and rescue breaths
    • 30 chest compressions (SINGLE Rescuer) 15 chest compressions (2 Rescuers)
      • Infant: 1.5 inch depth
      • Child: 2 inch depth
      • Hard and fast
      • Allow full recoil
      • 100-120x/ minute
      • Hand position: tips of two fingers on the breastbone, just below the nipple line
      • Can use one or two hands or encircling thumbs technique
    • Give 2 Rescue Breaths
      • Tilt head or jaw thrust (suspected spinal injury)
      • Give each breath over 1 second- puff for infants
      • Visible chest rise
  4. Perform compressions for 2 minutes
  5. Recheck pulse, taking no more than ten seconds.
  6. If there is no pulse, continue CPR and AED until help arrives; (30 compressions to two breaths)
  7. If there is more than one rescuer, rotate positions every two minutes.