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Table of comparison for performing CPR for adult, child, infant, and pregnant women
Objectives Actions
Adult (over 8 yrs.) Child (1 to8 yrs.)
Infant (under 1 yr.) Pregnant
A. Airway 1. Assessment:
Determineunresponsiveness
Tap or gently shake shoulder.
Say, Are you okay? Observe Say, Are you okay?
2. Get help Call out Help!
3. Position thevictim
Turn on back as a unit, supporting head and neck if necessary (4-10 seconds)
4. Open theairway
Head-tilt/chin-lift
B. Breathing
5. Assessment:Determine
breathlessness
Maintain open airway. Place ear over mouth, observing chest. Look, listen, feelfor breathing. (3-5 seconds)
6. Give 2 rescuebreaths
Maintain open airway.
Seal mouth to mouth Mouth tonose/mouth
Seal mouth to mouth
Give 2 rescue breaths, 1 to 1 seconds each. Observe chest rise. Allow lungdeflation between breaths.
7. Option forobstructedairway
Reposition victims head. Try again to give rescue breaths
Activate the EMS system.
a. Give 6-10subdiaphragmatic
abdominal thrusts (theHeimlich maneuver).
Give 4 back blows. Consider chest thrustsif the victim is in the
late stages ofpregnancy.
Give 4 chest thrusts.
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b. Tongue-jawlift andfingersweep
Tongue-jaw lift, but finger sweeponly if you see a foreign object.
Tongue-jaw lift andfinger sweep
If unsuccessful, repeat a, c and d until successful.C. Circulatio
n8. Assessment:
Determinepulselessness.
Feel for carotid pulse with onehand; maintain head-tilt with the
other. (5-10 seconds)
Feel for the brachialpulse; keep head-
tilt.
Feel for carotid pulsewith one hand; maintainhead-tilt with the other.
(5-10 seconds)
9. Activate EMSsystem.
Is someone responded to the call for help, send them to activate the EMSsystem.
Begin chestcompressions:
10. Landmarkcheck
11. Hand position
12. Compressionrate
Run middle finger along bottomedge of rib cage to notch at
center (tip of sternum).
Imagine a linedrawn between the
nipples.
Run middle finger alongbottom edge of rib cageto notch at center (tip of
sternum).Place index finger next to finger
on notch:Place 23 fingers
on sternum, 1fingers width below
line.Depress - 1 in.
Heel of one hand onsternum in center of
chest, between nipples.
Second hand on top offirst with hands
overlapped and parallel
Two hands next to
index finger.Depress 1 - 2 in.
Heel of one
hand nextto indexfinger.
Depress 1-1 in.
80-100 per minute At least 100 perminute
80-100 per minute
CPR Cycles 13. Compressionsto breaths.
2 breaths to every15 compressions.
1 breath to every 5 compressions 2 breaths to every 15compressions.
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