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same steps of care as adults except-- ✔✔not much force will be required to make compressions
or give rescue breaths, compressions for child may not require 2 hands, small children may only
need the use of the heel of one hand
child and infant cpr after checking the scene ✔✔1. give 30 chest compressions, child: compress
the chest using overlapped hand grip or heel of one hand atleast 2 inches deep, infant: compress
the chest using 2 or 3 fingers at least 1 1/2 inches deep, compress at a rate of at least 100
compresions/min
2. give 2 resuce breaths, if chest doesnt rise re tilt head and try again
3. continue cycles of cpr until signs of obvious life, and aed is ready, another responder is there,
you are exhausted, the scene becomes unsafe.
an electrical shock that interrupts the hearts electrical activity during sudden cardiac arrest
✔✔defibrillation
, analyzes the hearts rythm, and if necessary tells you to deliver a shock to a person in sudden
cardiac arrest ✔✔AED
with , and AED should be used as soon as it is avaliable and safe to do so
✔✔cardiac arrest
when operating and AED-- ✔✔do not use alcohol wipes
use the correct size electrical pads do not touch the
victim while the aed is working make sure there is
nothing flammable around dont use in a moving vehicle
dont use if a person is wearing a nitroglycerin patch
dont use within 6 ft of a cell phone or radio remove all
metal the person has on
check-call-care ✔✔1. check the scene and the person
2. if the person is unconscious call 911
3. check for breathing no longer than 10 seconds
4. check for severe bleeding
5. if person is not breathing, give CARE by beginning cpr with 30 chest compressions followed
by 2 rescue breaths