1 Find compression point
2Compress chest
3Repeat CPR cycles
20 FIRST AID
GIVING CPR( babies under 1)
BEFORE YOU START
Make sure that you have carried out the following steps:
• Checked for consciousness but had no response( p. 12).
• Opened the baby’ s airway( p. 13).
• Checked for breathing but found no signs( p. 14).
• Given two effective rescue breaths and checked for signs of circulation
but found none( p. 17). OR
• Attempted two rescue breaths and checked for signs of circulation but
found none( p. 17).
1 Find compression point
• Lay the baby on a firm surface.
• Position the tips of two fingers of one hand on the baby’ s breastbone, a finger’ s width below the nipples. This is the point where you must apply the compressions.
Place two fingers on the breastbone just below nipple line
2Compress chest
• Press downward, so that you depress the breastbone by onethird of the depth of the chest, then release the pressure without moving your hands.
• Compress the chest five times at a rate of about 100 compressions per minute, keeping an even rhythm.
• Give one effective rescue breath.
Listen for breathing
Seal your mouth over the baby’ s nose and mouth
3Repeat CPR cycles
• Continue giving cycles of five chest compressions and one rescue breath.
• If the baby’ s circulation and / or breathing return, stop CPR and hold him or her in the recovery position( p. 15).
• Stay with the baby and monitor his or her breathing( p. 71), pulse( p. 70), and level of consciousness( p. 12) until help arrives.
! Important
• When giving rescue breaths to a baby, be careful not to blow too hard.
Look for chest movements