Infant CPR
GUIDED DISCUSSION Let’s look at page 38 in your booklet.
• How can you help protect an infant from a THREAT TO LIFE? (By watching the infant and watching for danger.) Remember: Prevention is the best protection.
• What would an infant look like who needed CPR? (The infant would be limp, blue, and motionless.) [Point out that normal breathing motions for infants may be shallow and hard to detect during sleep. It is normal for infants to have irregular breathing patterns. Breathing pauses may last as long as 15-20 seconds without color change or distress.]
We’re going to start by watching the Infant CPR video. Then, we’ll go through the steps as a group. [Play the Infant CPR section of the Safe Sitter®
Rescue Skills Video.]
DEMONSTRATION AND PRACTICE:
Now let’s go through the steps of how to rescue an infant who needs CPR. Follow along with me with your own manikin. [Read each step as participants practice on their manikins. Emphasize the bulleted points as you discuss. Refer to graphics on page 39 if needed.]
Step 1. Tap or gently jiggle infant’s foot and call out infant’s name. Check to see if the infant responds—moves, makes sounds, blinks, or reacts to you.
• Handle infants gently! Always check for a response before intervening.
Step 2. If the infant doesn’t respond and you have a cell phone with you, call 9-1-1, put the phone on speakerphone, and place the phone on the ground so that your hands are free.
• If you do not have a cell phone, ask anyone who can to call 9-1-1 for help. A spouse, child’s sibling, or someone else in the home may be able to call 9-1-1.
• If you are alone, do not delay rescue attempts to make the call.
Step 3. If infant is lying face-down, make a V with 1 hand. Put the V on the back of the infant’s head to support the head and neck while you carefully roll infant over to her back. Move infant to a firm, flat surface like a table.
• When turning from face-down to face-up, support back of head and neck with 1 hand in V position. Turn infant face-up towards you using infant’s arm furthest from you to roll infant over.
Step 4. Check breathing. Look from head to belly to see if infant is not breathing or only gasping. If not breathing or only gasping, give CPR.
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