CPR (adults)
What are your first two steps before starting anything with CPR
1. Check the scene for safety and put on your PPE
2. Check the person for responsiveness (tap them on the shoulder).
If a child appears unresponsive how do you check for responsiveness?
if you know their name shout it
if they don't respond tap their shoulder.
Does your body position change to give care to an infant?
Yes
What are the common signs of an adult/child chocking?
1. Panicked or confused facial expression
2. putting one or two hands on their throat
3. trying to cough
4. high pitched squeaky noises
Is their a big difference between how you care for adults/children and infants?
Yes
What is the first thing you do if you checked and the person is unresponsive
Tell someone to call 911 and get an AED
Where should your body be positioned when you're about to start CPR on a child.
kneeling next to the child
What's your body position to care for an infant?
You stand or kneel next to the baby with your hips and a slight angle.
Where should you position yourself in order to give care for choking?
slightly next to and behind the person with an arm diagonally wrapped around the persons torso.
(if small child you may have to kneel)
How do you position an infant to start care for choking?
Have them face down on your forearm (using thigh for support if needed)
What is the ration of compressions:breathes
30:2
How do you adapt chest compressions for a smaller child compared to an adult?
One hand method
What is the thumb-by-thumb method of CPR (steps)
What's the first thing you do to care for a choking person and how do you administer them?
First step is 5 back blows. You give a person back blows by using the heel of the hand to strike between the shoulder blades.
How do you transfer the infant to go from back blows to chest thrusts?
Flip them over from one forearm to the next.
What are the main steps of the rescue breaths and what do you do if the first one doesn't make the chest rise?
step 1: open the airway to a "past-nuetral" position (use head, tilt, lift technique)
step 2: shield and create a seal with it around persons mouth, pinch their nose.
step 3: take a breath and breathe into the person (each breath lasting about 1 second)
if first breath the chest doesn't rise, try to redo the seal and take another one.
Do you change the method of administering rescue breaths to a small child from the method for adults, if so how?
No
What's the 2 finger technique?
What is the second step in caring for a choking adult/child and how do you carry out the help.
5 abdominal thrusts. You administer these thrusts by putting one hand in a fist and covering it with your other hand positioning that right above the persons belly button and pulling in and upward every thrust.
How do you give an infant chest thrusts
Use two fingers and push about 1 1/2 inches deep 5 times
what are the 5 mose important things to do while giving chest compresssions?
1. Hand position: 2 hands directly over chest
2. Body position: shoulder over hands, elbows locked
3. Depth should be 2 inches
4. 100-120 compressions per minute
5. allow chest to return to normal state after each compression
What is considered a smaller child for CPR?
anyone younger than about the age of 12 (excluding infants)
How do you give an infant rescue breaths?
(steps)
What do you do if the person goes unresponsive while giving care.
Lie them on their back and start chest thrusts, once you do your 30 thrusts try to do a finger sweep to dislodge whatever is stuck in the airway.
What do you do if an infant becomes unresponsive?
1. place them on a firm flat surface
2. start CPR
3. if you see the object do a pink sweep to dislodge it.