Knowing how to correctly give CPR to an infant by yourself or with another rescuer is very important. Go here http://www.onlinecprcertification.net/cms/blscprcourse.php to learn how to correctly perform CPR on infants from board certified doctors for FREE. Then make sure all of your neighbors have this vital skill. Click to subscribe for more CPR & First Aid videos. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AACPRFirstAid -- @AACPRFirstAid Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/OnlineCPRCertificationnet/196003870528190 Video transcript: Infant CPR. In this video we will be showing you the techniques and sequence of child CPR. Always make sure the scene is safe for you and the victim. Check for response by tapping the infant's feet or the shoulder. If two rescuers are present then activate emergency the emergency response system and get or call for an AED. If only one rescuer is present and there is no response, that is the infant is unresponsive and not breathing or only gasping then shout for help and start CPR. Check the infant's brachial pulse, check the pulse for at least 5 seconds but no more than a maximum of 10 seconds. If no pulse or the pulse is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion then start CPR starting with chest compressions. Compress at the rate of at least 100 per minute. After each compression allow the chest to recoil completely. After 30 compressions perform a head tilt/chin lift to open the airway, keep the head in neutral position. If you extend an infant's head beyond the neutral position the infant's airway may become blocked. Give two breaths. Deliver air over one second to make the victim's chest rise, give one breath every 3-5 second interval or 12-20 breaths per minute. Try to limit the interruptions between chest compressions to less than 10 seconds. Continue 30 compressions followed by 2 ventilations, that is a ratio of 30:2, until an advanced airway, for example a indotracheal tube, a combitube, or a laryngeal mask airway or LMA, is placed. Then start continuous chest compressions with ventilations at a rate of 1 breath every 6-8 seconds, or 8-10 ventilations per minute. After two minutes leave to activate emergency medical services or to get AED, only if emergency response system hasn't been activated. Use manual defibrillator if available. If manual defibrillator is not available, an AED with pediatric pads should be used as soon as it is available. Resume chest compression immediately after the shock is given. Remember, for infant CPR with only one rescuer chest compression to ventilation ratio is 30:2. Activate emergency response system and call for AED after 5 cycles or 2 minutes. For infant CPR with 2 rescuers, compression to ventilation ratio is 15:2. For 2 rescuers, change the compressor/rescuer every 5 cycles or 2 minutes to avoid fatigue. Rescuers should try to change compressor role in less than 5 seconds.

• published: 01 Jan 2014
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