8 Tips For You to Know About Children’s CPR
Did you know that performing the CPR process in the first few minutes can save so many precious lives before medical help arrives? The new guidelines have been rearranged for performing CPR by the American Heart Associations. Read the article to know more.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR, is a procedure where mouth to mouth breathing and chest compressions are given to a person who becomes unconscious and does not breathe normally. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be performed for different medical emergencies such as cardiac arrests, drowning, accidents, poisoning, smoke inhalation, sudden infant death syndrome and electric shock injuries. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation should be performed as quickly as possible. However, before performing CPR, you should be sure that the person is not responsive during the unconscious state and not breathing properly.
8 Tips About Children CPR
When you see a child unconscious and non responsive to surroundings, sound, shake or gentle tap, call the medical emergency or ask someone to call, if you are not alone.
– If the child is not responding roll the person on his or her back with head, neck and body in straight line on the ground or floor.
– Start the chest compressions immediately. Place the heel of your hand on the centre of the chest and put the other hand on the top of the first hand interlocking your fingers.
– For children, you have to press down the chest firmly up to 2 inches deep and 1 1/2 inches deep in infants. Press the chest at a faster rate; it should be 100 times per minute or even a little faster if possible.
– If you are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation then open the airway by tilting the head with chin upwards and tongue sideward so as to not block the air passage.
– Pinch the nose of the victim, take a deep breathe and give mouth to mouth breathing 2 in number for one second each. Now, look for the chest to rise. It is important to remember that you should not lean on chest in between during compression so that the chest can rise.
– Keep the chest compressions at a rate of 30 compressions and 2 breaths per 18 seconds or 100 chest compressions per minute. At any point, do not stop the chest compressions if the patient is still unconscious. Keep continuing till medical help arrives or until the person starts breathing again.
– Check the pulse after every 2 minutes of CPR performed and if the pulse is not present, continue chest compressions for another 2 minutes and check again. If the pulse starts, you have check breathing and give rescue breaths if the person is not breathing normally.
Children are precious to every parent and seeing them suffer can send even the strongest ones to break down. However, as an adult and a parent one must have presence of mind and take actions quickly instead of just watching and panicking.
Every parent must know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation if any emergency arises. This can save a precious little life if the CPR is performed in the first few minutes of the life emergency situation.
You can learn the procedure from your local hospitals, and medicos and courses are given by the American Heart Association at their centers. So, what are you thinking about, it is time to learn and act.
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