CPR for Infants (Age Less Than 1 Year, Excluding Newborns)
• Witnessed Collapse: call 911 or have someone call
• Un-Witnessed Collapse: perform CPR (for 2 minutes), call 911 or have someone call
• Chest compressions - 100-120/min
• Perform CPR - Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
• Compressions at about 1½ inches (4 cm) - 1/3 AP diameter of chest
• 30:2 compressions over breaths (seal infant’s mouth and nose) - 2 Rescuers 15:2
• 2 Rescuers: 2 thumbs compression
• Use AED as soon as it's available
- Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
- Check responsiveness
- No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
- Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
- (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
- Witnessed collapse 1. Leave the victim, if you’re alone without a mobile phone, and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR
- Unwitnessed collapse 1. Give 2 minutes of CPR 2. Activate the emergency response system, get an AED and return to the victim 3. Resume CPR; use the AED as soon as it is available
- 1 rescuer 30:2
- 2 or more rescuers 15:2
- Chest compressions – 100-120/min
- Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
- 100-120/min
- At least 1/3 AP diameter of chest
- About 1½ inches (4 cm)
- 1 rescuer Just below the nipple line – 2 fingers in center of chest
- 2 or more rescuers 2 thumb–encircling hands in the center of the chest, just below the nipple line Just below the nipple line – encircling hands (2 thumbs) in center of chest
- Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
- Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds
CPR for Children (Age 1 Year to Puberty)
• Witnessed Collapse: call 911 or have someone call
• Un-Witnessed Collapse: perform CPR (for 2 minutes), call 911 or have someone call
• Chest compressions - 100-120/min
• Perform CPR - Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
• Compressions at about 2 inches (5 cm) - 1/3 AP diameter of chest
• 30:2 compressions over breaths - 2 Rescuers 15:2
• 2 Rescuers: Perform tasks simultaneously
• Use AED as soon as it's available
- Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
- Check responsiveness
- No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
- Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
- (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
- Witnessed collapse 1. Leave the victim, if you’re alone without a mobile phone, and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR
- Unwitnessed collapse 1. Give 2 minutes of CPR 2. Activate the emergency response system, get an AED and return to the victim 3. Resume CPR; use the AED as soon as it is available
- 1 rescuer 30:2
- 2 or more rescuers 15:2
- Chest compressions – 100-120/min
- Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
- 100-120/min
- At least 1/3 AP diameter of chest
- About 2 inches (5 cm)
- 1 or 2 hands can be used (optional for small children)
- On the lower half of the breastbone (sternum)
- Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
- Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds
CPR for Adults & Adolescents
• Check for life
• Before performing CPR call 911 or have someone else call
• Chest compressions - 100-120/min
• 2 Rescuers: Perform tasks simultaneously
• Perform CPR – Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
• Compressions at about 2 inches (5 cm)
• 1 or 2 rescuers - 30:2 compressions over breaths
• Use AED as soon as it's available
- Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
- Check responsiveness
- No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
- Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
- (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
- If you do not have a mobile phone – leave the victim and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR.
- Have someone activate the emergency response system. Perform CPR immediately and use the AED as it becomes available.
- 1 or 2 rescuers – 30:2
- Chest compressions – 100-120/min
- Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
- 100-120/min
- At least 2 inches (5 cm)
- 2 hands on the breastbone (sternum) on the lower half
- Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
- Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds
- Compress slower than 100/min or faster than 120/min
- Compress in-depth less than 2 inches (5 cm) or more than 2.4 (6 cm)
- Lean on victim’s chest during compressions
- Allow interruption during compressions more than 10 seconds
- Provide excessive ventilation during breathing task, ie., excessive breathing with force or too many breaths
