How To Perform CPR On Child video

1. Try to Wake the Child
   Gently tap or shake the child's shoulders and call out his or her name in a loud voice. Don't hurt the child, but be aggressive -- you're trying to wake her up. If the child does not wake up, have someone call 911 immediately. If no one else is available to call 911 and the child is not breathing, continue to step 3 and do CPR for about 2 minutes before calling 911.
2. 
3. Begin chest compressions
   If the child is not breathing, put one hand on the breastbone directly between the child's nipples. Push straight down about 2 inches -- or about a third of the thickness of the child's chest -- and then let the chest all the way back up. Do that 30 times, about twice per second. If you've been trained in CPR and you remember how to give rescue breaths, go to step 4. If not, just keep doing chest compressions and go to step 5.
4. Give the child two breaths
   After pushing on the chest 30 times, cover the child's mouth with your mouth and pinch his nose closed with your fingers. Gently blow until you see his chest rise. Let the air escape -- the chest will go back down -- and give one more breath. If no air goes in when you try to blow, adjust the child's head and try again. If that doesn't work, then skip it and go back to chest compressions (step 3), you can try rescue breaths again after 30 more compressions.
5. Keep doing CPR and call 911 after 2 minutes
   If you are by yourself, keep doing CPR for 2 minutes (about 5 groups of compressions) before calling 911. If someone else is there or comes along as you are doing CPR, have that person call 911. Even if the child wakes up, you need to call 911 any time you had to do CPR. Once 911 has been called or you have someone else calling, keep doing CPR. Don't stop until help arrives or the child wakes up
   
   
   

Posted in: Emergency