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The nipple is lateral to the sternum.

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What is the compression site on an infant?

On the sternum, just below the nipple line (where the nipple line intersects the sternum).


What bone is located in middle of the chest along the nipple line?

its the sternum


What bone is located in the middle of the chest along the nipple line?

its the sternum


CPR compression on an infant performed using?

Use 2 or 3 fingers, on the sternum, just below the nipple line.


How do you locate the site for chest compressions?

Locate the middle of the sternum. This is where your hand location should be for an adult or child. For an infant, it will be on the sternum, 1 finger below the nipple line.


Where should you place your hands when compressing an infants chest during CPR?

Use 2 or 3 fingers on the sternum, slightly below an imaginary line running across the chest between the nipples. With the use of 2 or 3 fingers, if you feel the xiphoid process, move your fingers up until you don't feel it anymore.


Where to place hands when comopressing an infant's chest during CPR?

you should put your hands on the center of their chest.In the middle of their chest plate. Pretty much in line with their armpits.


Why is it that the correct placement of CPR is in the lower half of the sternum?

Actually, the correct hand placement is more in the center of the sternum. You want to avoid the xyphoid process which is at the end of the sternum, if one is not present, which is common, it's even more crucial to avoid the end of the sternum for risk of compressing and puncturing vital organs such as heart, lungs, diaphragm, and liver. Hands should be placed in the center of the sternum approximately at the nipple line. You place your hands there because it's anatomically correct in relation to where the heart is, which is what you're wanting to compression to produce blood profusion.


Is the sternum medial to the heart?

The gallbladder is lateral to the sternum. The sternum is a midline structure.


Where sholud your place your hands to perform chest compressions on an adult?

An inch or two above the nipple line, dead center of the chest


Is the heart anterior or lateral to the sternum?

The heat is posterior to the sternum, not anterior. It is a midline structure, like the sternum, so it is not lateral to the sternum.


Is the sternum inferior to the Umbilicus?

The sternum is superior to the pubic region.