CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an emergency procedure which is attempted in an effort to return life to an person in cardiac arrest. It is indicated in those who are unresponsive with no breathing or only gasps. It may be attempted both in and outside of a hospital.
When CPR is performed on infants, more attention is required to prevent the occurrence of something taht is harmful to her. But there are many techniques of CPR and care for choking infants.
1. Airway
- Assessment: Determine there is no response by slowly move the shoulder
- Lay down the baby on a hard surface. Support his head and neck if they have to be moved
- Open the airway, use the technique of head-lift-tilt-chin. Be careful to not raising the head too far back
2. Breathing
- Assessment: Determine there is no breathing while ensuring that the airways is always open, place your ear near the baby's mouth and observe the movement of the chest, hear and feel the baby breathing in your ear.
- If the victim was still breathing and no signs of trauma, lay the victim in recovery position.
- If the victim is not breathing, give 2 slow breaths. Your mouth must baby's mouth and nose while ensuring that the airways is always open. Observe chest movement with each breath. Breathing should be given for 1 - 1.5 seconds.
3. Circulation
- Evaluation: Determining the absence of pulse. Feeling the pulse brakial on the inside sleeve with 2 fingers while raising the head with your other hand
- Start to press the chest. The shadow of a line is created between the baby's nipples. Place the middle finger and ring finger next to your index finger. Use your index and ring fingers to press the sternun in last place. Because of variations in the size of the hands of rescuers and the baby's chest, the above method is only as guide. Make sure your fingers do not press the end sternun (cuaran xifiod) Press the sternum deep within 0.5 - 1 inch, at least 100 times per minute and giving a respiratory for every 5 compressions.
- Perform 20 cycles of pressure and breathing assistance:
- check the pulse brakial
- if no pulse, continue the pressure and breathing assisstance
- check the pulse every few minutes
- if the heart recovers, check for bretahing spontaneously.
If no, give a breath every 3 sec (20 breaths/min) and keep eye on the pulse.
If you breath, make sure the airways is open and watch the breathing and pulse.
For quick reference, just print out this image and paste it on your wall at home. It will be much heloing in case of emergency.
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