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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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