Healthcare Professional – CPR / AED Review

Make sure to ask the patient if he/she is okay, before performing any tasks. Also, remember the ratio of chest compressions over breathing 30:2. Don't forget to Look, Listen and feel for breathing. Make sure to check for anything blocking the patient's airway. Rescuers may perform tasks simultaneously.

CPR for Infants (Age Less Than 1 Year, Excluding Newborns)
   Witnessed Collapse: call 911 or have someone call
   Un-Witnessed Collapse: perform CPR (for 2 minutes), call 911 or have someone call
   Chest compressions - 100-120/min
   Perform CPR - Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
   Compressions at about 1½ inches (4 cm) - 1/3 AP diameter of chest
   30:2 compressions over breaths (seal infant’s mouth and nose) - 2 Rescuers 15:2
   2 Rescuers: 2 thumbs compression
   Use AED as soon as it's available

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CPR – Components for Infants (Age Less Than 1 Year, Excluding Newborns) Scene safety
  1. Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
Recognition of cardiac arrest
  1. Check responsiveness
  2. No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
  3. Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
    1. (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
Activation of emergency response system
  • Witnessed collapse 1. Leave the victim, if you’re alone without a mobile phone, and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR
  • Unwitnessed collapse 1. Give 2 minutes of CPR 2. Activate the emergency response system, get an AED and return to the victim 3. Resume CPR; use the AED as soon as it is available
Compression- ventilation ratio without advanced airway
  • 1 rescuer 30:2
  • 2 or more rescuers 15:2
Compression- ventilation ratio with advanced airway
  • Chest compressions – 100-120/min
  • Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
Compression rate
  • 100-120/min
Compression depth
  • At least 1/3 AP diameter of chest
  • About 1½ inches (4 cm)
Hand placement
  • 1 rescuer Just below the nipple line – 2 fingers in center of chest
  • 2 or more rescuers 2 thumb–encircling hands in the center of the chest, just below the nipple line Just below the nipple line – encircling hands (2 thumbs) in center of chest
Chest recoil
  • Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
Minimizing interruptions
  • Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds

CPR for Children (Age 1 Year to Puberty)
   Witnessed Collapse: call 911 or have someone call
   Un-Witnessed Collapse: perform CPR (for 2 minutes), call 911 or have someone call
   Chest compressions - 100-120/min
   Perform CPR - Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
   Compressions at about 2 inches (5 cm) - 1/3 AP diameter of chest
   30:2 compressions over breaths - 2 Rescuers 15:2
   2 Rescuers: Perform tasks simultaneously
   Use AED as soon as it's available

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CPR – Components for Children (Age 1 Year to Puberty) Scene safety
  1. Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
Recognition of cardiac arrest
  1. Check responsiveness
  2. No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
  3. Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
    1. (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
Activation of emergency response system
  • Witnessed collapse 1. Leave the victim, if you’re alone without a mobile phone, and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR
  • Unwitnessed collapse 1. Give 2 minutes of CPR 2. Activate the emergency response system, get an AED and return to the victim 3. Resume CPR; use the AED as soon as it is available
Compression- ventilation ratio without advanced airway
  • 1 rescuer 30:2
  • 2 or more rescuers 15:2
Compression- ventilation ratio with advanced airway
  • Chest compressions – 100-120/min
  • Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
Compression rate
  • 100-120/min
Compression depth
  • At least 1/3 AP diameter of chest
  • About 2 inches (5 cm)
Hand placement
  • 1 or 2 hands can be used (optional for small children)
  • On the lower half of the breastbone (sternum)
Chest recoil
  • Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
Minimizing interruptions
  • Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds

CPR for Adults & Adolescents
   Check for life
   Before performing CPR call 911 or have someone else call
   Chest compressions - 100-120/min
   2 Rescuers: Perform tasks simultaneously
   Perform CPR – Circulate, Airway, Breathing (C-A-B’s)
   Compressions at about 2 inches (5 cm)
   1 or 2 rescuers - 30:2 compressions over breaths
   Use AED as soon as it's available

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CPR – Components for Adults & Adolescents Scene safety
  1. Check the environment – making sure it’s safe for rescuers and victims
Recognition of cardiac arrest
  1. Check responsiveness
  2. No breathing or only gasping – ie., no normal breathing
  3. Within 10 seconds – no positive pulse
    1. (You can check for a pulse and breathing simultaneously in less than 10 seconds)
Activation of emergency response system
  • If you do not have a mobile phone – leave the victim and activate the emergency response system while retrieving an AED before performing CPR.
  • Have someone activate the emergency response system. Perform CPR immediately and use the AED as it becomes available.
Compression- ventilation ratio without advanced airway
  • 1 or 2 rescuers – 30:2
Compression- ventilation ratio with advanced airway
  • Chest compressions – 100-120/min
  • Give 1 breath every 6 seconds (10 breaths/min)
Compression rate
  • 100-120/min
Compression depth
  • At least 2 inches (5 cm)
Hand placement
  • 2 hands on the breastbone (sternum) on the lower half
Chest recoil
  • Make sure not to lean on the chest of the victim – Allow a full recoil after each chest compression
Minimizing interruptions
  • Compression interruptions – limit to less than 10 seconds
Rescuers should never
  • Compress slower than 100/min or faster than 120/min
  • Compress in-depth less than 2 inches (5 cm) or more than 2.4 (6 cm)
  • Lean on victim’s chest during compressions
  • Allow interruption during compressions more than 10 seconds
  • Provide excessive ventilation during breathing task, ie., excessive breathing with force or too many breaths

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Remember, C-A-B stands for: Circulation, Airway, Breathing.