CPR Facts
CPR facts and tips for children
Checking an injured or ill child or infant
- Check for responsiveness
- Call 9-1-1
- Open the airway by tilting the head back slightly and lifting the chin
- Check for breathing for no more than 10 seconds
- Give 2 rescue breaths
- Quickly scan for severe bleeding
How to give rescue breaths to a child
- Tilt head back and lift the chin up
- For a child, you should pinch the nose shut, then make a complete seal over child's mouth
- For an infant, you should make a complete seal over infant's mouth and nose
- Blow in for about one second to make the chest clearly rise
- Give rescue breaths one after the other