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Perform chest compressions for an infant at a rate of at least 100/minute.
Recommended depth of compressions for an infant victim is 1/2 to 1 inch.
Check to see if they have a pulse, or are breathing. If they have both, no CPR is needed. If they have a pulse but aren't breathing, you can perform rescue breathing only without chest compressions. If they do not have a pulse and aren't breathing, you perform rescue breathing and chest compressions.
Thirty compressions (at a rate of one hundred compressions a minute) and two breaths.
The recommended depth of chest compressions in adult CPR is 2 inches
The recommended depth of chest compressions in adult CPR is 2 inches
The objective is to get blood flowing to the heart. You would do compressions on the chest about 100 per minute. You would also want provide air to the victim by breathing into their mouth. Continue until victim is breathing or emergency help has arrived.
Recommended depth of compressions for an infant victim is 1/2 to 1 inch.
Yes you can, but if you are on a bench, you can easily move the victim to the floor and do compressions there.
1 1/2 to 2 inches
medium pressure applied with fingertips
Half inch - one inch