CPR for infants and children

• Check the patient's mouth for foreign objects. If foreign objects are clearly visible, use your fingers to sweep them out.

• Place two fingers just below the center of the sternum and press down.

※ Note: Do not press the solar plexus.

• Pressure may be applied with one hand rather than two if the child is very young. (Most children)

• Compress the chest 30 times at a rate of at least 100 times per minute to a depth of at least one-third of the rib cage.
  If the child is old enough for two hands, do not remove either hand from the patient's chest during chest compressions.

※ Perform the compressions while counting from one to thirty, and allow the compressed chest to return to its original position completely.

• Place one hand on the forehead and lift the patient's chin with the other hand, but keep it in a neutral position.

※ Note: It is easy to tilt the head back too far for infants and children. This can block the airway, so be careful to avoid it.

• The rescuer must cover the infant’s nose and mouth with his/her mouth and perform artificial respiration twice.

• Analyze the heart rhythm and repeat every 2 minutes until the patient recovers or until the 119 rescue team arrives.
• If there are two rescuers, one person performs chest compressions and the other performs artificial respiration in a 15:2 ratio.