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Child CPR: CPR for Children and Babies

What to do in the first minutes, before the ambulance arrives.

Child CPR begins with five rescue breaths, followed by 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths, repeated. Compress the chest by about one third of its depth, with one hand for a child and two fingers for a baby. If alone, give CPR for a minute before going for help.

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A person who is unresponsive and not breathing normally will die without CPR, so you cannot make the outcome worse. Cracked ribs are common and heal. If the person does not need CPR they will react, and you simply stop.

Call 112 or 999 at once if a person is unresponsive, not breathing normally, has chest pain, shows signs of a stroke, is bleeding heavily, is having a severe allergic reaction, has a seizure that does not stop or has a serious burn or head injury. If in doubt, call.

It is very unlikely. The Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 protects a person who helps in an emergency in good faith and without expecting payment from liability for negligence, unless the harm was caused by gross negligence or bad faith.

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Businesses return year after year because our first aid course delivers results: consistent compliance, clean reporting and certificates that every employer recognises instantly.

Every Irish workplace needs trained first aiders, and the HSA expects enough of them to cover every shift, site and department. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 makes first aid arrangements a core employer duty, sized by your risk assessment.

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Child CPR: CPR for Children and Babies

What to do in the first minutes, before the ambulance arrives.

CPR for children and babies

  1. Open the airway and check for normal breathing.
  2. Give five initial rescue breaths.
  3. Give 30 chest compressions, to a depth of about one third of the chest.
  4. Give 2 rescue breaths, then continue 30 to 2.

For a child over one year use one hand, or two if needed. For a baby under one year use two fingers on the centre of the chest, and cover the mouth and nose with your mouth for the breaths. If you are alone, give CPR for about one minute before you leave to call for help.

Anyone who has only learned adult CPR should use it on a child. Doing something is far better than doing nothing.

Compressions and breaths

  • Ratio: 30 chest compressions, then 2 rescue breaths.
  • Rate: 100 to 120 compressions a minute, about two a second.
  • Depth: 5 to 6 cm in an adult.
  • Position: the heel of one hand on the centre of the chest, the other hand on top, arms straight.
  • Breaths: one second each, just enough to see the chest rise.

If you are not trained or not willing to give rescue breaths, give continuous chest compressions without stopping. Keep going until the ambulance crew takes over, a defibrillator tells you to stand clear, or the person shows signs of life.

The primary survey

  • D, Danger: check it is safe for you to approach.
  • R, Response: speak loudly and tap the shoulders. Is there any response?
  • S, Send for help: shout, and have someone call 112 or 999.
  • A, Airway: tilt the head back and lift the chin.
  • B, Breathing: look, listen and feel for normal breathing for up to ten seconds.
  • C, Circulation or CPR: if the person is not breathing normally, start chest compressions. If they are, check for severe bleeding.

The survey takes less than a minute and finds the things that kill quickest. Everything else waits until it is done.

Calling an ambulance

In Ireland call 112 or 999. Both numbers reach the same emergency service and both are free from any phone.

  • Say which service you need: ambulance.
  • Give the exact location, with the Eircode or postcode if you know it.
  • Say what has happened and how many people are hurt.
  • Say whether the person is conscious and breathing.
  • Answer the questions and do not hang up until you are told to.

Use the speaker on your phone so that you can follow instructions with both hands free, and send someone to meet the ambulance.

Check for danger

Make sure it is safe for you before you go to the casualty.

Call early

Call 112 or 999 as soon as someone is unresponsive, not breathing normally or bleeding heavily.

Act

Chest compressions, a defibrillator and pressure on a wound keep a person alive until help arrives.

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