• Place the heel of one hand in the centre of the chest

• Place other hand on top

• Interlock fingers & avoid putting pressure on the side of the chest

• Position yourself vertically above

the victim and compress the chest

• Rate 100 - 120 min^-1

• Depth 5 - 6 cm

• Equal compression & relaxation

• When possible change CPRoperato

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2 Rescue breaths

Rescue breaths

• Pinch the nose

• Take a normal breath

• Place lips over mouth

• Blow until the chest rises

• Take about 1 second

• Allow chest to fall

• Repeat

• 2 breaths shouldn't take more than 5 s in all^

Continue CPR

TWO-RESCUER CPR

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30 Chest

compressions : 2 rescue breaths

• One rescuer performs breaths

• The other performs chest compressions

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CPR in children

Adult Basic Life Support

UNRESPONSIVE?

Paediatric basic life support

UNRESPONSIVE?

Adult CPR techniques can be used on children

Compressions at least 1/3 of the depth of the chest

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Shout for help

Open airway

Open airway

NOT BREATHING NORMALLY?

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5 rescue breaths

Call 112*

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NO SIGNS OF LIFE?

10 sec

30 Chest compressions

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15 chest compressions

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Call cardiac arrest team or Paediatric ALS team

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*or national emergency number

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CPR in children

Do not interrupt resuscitation until:

• The child shows signs of life (starts to wake up, to move, opens eyes and to breathe normally or a definite pulse of greater than 60 min^-1 is palpated).

• Further qualified help arrives and takes over.

• You become exhausted.

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P 48 CPR in children: age features ^tuUnTto 2

Age > 8 years

Age 1 -8 years

Age < 1 year (infants )

+one arm +compressions at least

1/3 Of the depth of the chest

+two fingers

+cover the mouth and nose of the infant