Although you hope you’ll never use CPR or a Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation on a child or an infant, it’s important that you know the steps
so that you can extend your helping hand in the event of a cardiac or breathing
emergency. It is advisable for every individual to take a class in child and
infant CPR.
Choose a certified training site in Memphis to acquire
training such as the AHA certified CPR Memphis in Tennessee. Both theoretical
and practical training are imparted to the students. When it comes to learning
the child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure, there are courses
for both healthcare (PALS class Memphis)
and non-healthcare providers (Heartsaver CPR-AED class). Read to know more:
Pediatric
Advanced Life Support Classes- Nurses, physicians, paramedics,
and all other healthcare providers who must develop and enhance their pediatric
assessment skills need to be PALS certified. You will learn and practice team
preparation for a pediatric crisis in the training classes. You’ll learn how to
identify the onset of shock, as well as respiratory and cardiovascular
emergencies in children and infants. The class concludes with actual
PALS cases and a final written examination.
Heartsaver
CPR- Heartsaver CPR for the public is cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and AED training for teachers and counselors, personal trainers, lifeguards,
coaches, security guards, airline personnel, hotels and restaurants, senior and
daycare centers, corporate organizations that want Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation and AED training and everyone else who’s not a healthcare
professional who wants or needs to know this life-saving procedure with
Automated External Defibrillator training. In this course you’ll learn and
become AHA certified in the following skills:
1. Adult CPR
with mask
2. Adults AED
training
3. Child/Infant
(Pediatric) CPR with mask
4. Child/Infant
(Pediatric) AED Training
5. Child/Infant
(Pediatric) Choking
6. Adult
Choking and more
Basics of
Infant CPR:
Airway
1. Place the
infant on his or her back on a firm surface.
2. After kneeling
next to the infant’s neck and shoulders, place your palm on the forehead to
carefully tilt the head and back and with your other hand, lift the chin
forward.
3. It is
important that you check for signs of life for no longer than 10 seconds. You
can place your ear over the mouth of the victim and also feel the pulse by
placing your two fingers on the brachial artery. Listen if the victim is
breathing or has a pulse while counting from 10-1.
4. Proceed to
the next step i.e. breathing if no signs of life observed. As with case of
adults and children, gasping for air is not considered normal breathing, so you
should proceed with CPR immediately. If infant is breathing, roll him/her onto
his or her side, and wait for the arrival of emergency medical services.
Breathing
Breathing refers to rescue breathing where one person is
breathing into other or also commonly referred to as mouth to mouth technique.
1. Place the
heel of your hand so the infant’s head remains tilted and use your other hand
to lift up the victim’s chin.
2. Take a
normal breath and cover infant's mouth and nose with your mouth and give 2
gentle breaths until rise of chest. Observe baby's chest. When the chest rises,
stop blowing and wait for the chest to fall before beginning another breath. Readjust
the head-tilt/chin-lift position and try two more breaths if chest isn’t rising.
The infant should receive two full mouth to mouth breaths, 1 second each.
3. Check the
infant for pulse by placing your index and adjacent fingers on the victim's
brachial artery once done with rescue breaths.
4. Proceed to
the next step i.e. compressions if there’s no pulse.
Adhere to 1 second limit per breath and do not perform large
and forceful breaths. Proper breathing administration is integral for infants;
make sure the breaths are sufficient to make the chest rise.
Compressions
Artificial circulation is what is provided by external chest
compressions. To perform the compressions, follow these steps:
1. Place 2
fingers on the breastbone- just below the nipples and do not press at the very
end of the breastbone.
2. Your other
hand should be on the infant’s forehead, keep the head tilted back.
3. Press down
at the infant’s chest about 1/3 to 1/2 the depth of the chest.
4. Perform 30
chest compressions and let the chest rise completely each time, with two rescue
breaths in between each rep one second per each breath. The proper rate is 30
chest compressions to two breaths if you must give both rescue breathing and
external chest compressions. Compress at a rate of 100 times per minute and keep
interruptions to less than few seconds.
In an emergency especially cardiac ones, make sure to call
emergency medical personnel by dialing 911.
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