For Children (Age 1 Year to Puberty):
High-Quality CPR Components BLS
Course
Scene Safety - ✅✅-Make sure the environment is safe for rescuers
and victim
Recognition of cardiac arrest - ✅✅-Check for responsiveness
No breathing or only gasping (ex.: no normal breathing)
No definite pulse felt within 10 seconds: breathing and pulse check can
be performed simultaneously in less than 10 seconds
Activation of emergency response system - ✅✅-Witnessed collapse:
follow steps for adults and adolescents
Unwitnessed collapse: give 2 minutes of CPR; leave victim to activate
the emergency response system and get the AED; return to the child or
infant and resume CPR; use AED as soon as it is available
Compression-ventilation ratio without advanced airway - ✅✅-1
rescuer- 30:2
2 or more rescuers- 15:2
Compression-ventilation ratio with advanced airway - ✅✅-Continuous
compressions at a rate of 100-120/min
Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
✅✅-100-120/min
Compression rate -
Compression depth - ✅✅-At least one third AP diameter of chest
About 2 inches (5 cm)
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