Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (cont.)
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CPR in Infants
An infant is defined as a child younger than one year of age. Because an infant is smaller than a child, the CPR technique for infants contains further changes.
- Even smaller breaths are given-enough to just get the chest to rise. Only 2
fingers are used to compress the chest down about 1 inch.
- Otherwise, the CPR sequence is the same as for the child.
- There are no recommendations for the use of AEDs in children less than one year of age.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) consists of chest compressions and artificial ventilation used to maintain circulatory flow and oxygenation during cardiac arrest.
