If done correctly, CPR should only cause minor bruising. Longer fingernails will increase the bruising affect.
Anything other than minor bruising would be cause for finding out what happened.
An infant in need of CPR will show no movement, breathing, or a pulse.
An infant in need of CPR will be unconscious, not breathing and have no pulse.
Use the brachial pulse to to assess the heart rate in an infant during CPR.
An infant in need of CPR will not be breathing and will not have a pulse. Also, the infant will be turning a blueish color.
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A pulse check is performed on the brachial artery for an infant.
Yes all lifeguards are required to know infant, child and adult CPR.
For 1-person CPR; Adult, Child, and Infant: 30 compressions : 2 breaths. For 2-person CPR; Adult is: 30 compressions : 2 breaths. For 2-person CPR; Child, and Infant: 15 compressions : 2 breaths.
These days it seems that everything is available online. However, training for something like CPR, especially on an infant, is best done face to face with hands on instruction.
Yes you should cover the infants mouth and nose with your mouth when performing CPR on an infant.
Compress the infant's chest about 1/2 to 1 inch for CPR chest compressions.
What is the compressions to breath ratio for 1-rescuer on infant