Infant CPR & Child Safety

35 weeks pregnant

This week has been really productive! Jorge and I have been really busy! On Wednesday we had our Infant CPR class at our hospital. It was very, very interesting. My dad, my sister in law Blanca, my sister Cindy and her husband Justin all attended the class with us. I was so happy they all wanted to participate! My mom and my sister Cathy will be taking the class down in Miami in a couple of weeks. Here are the basics of CPR and how to help a choking child. Hopefully we'll never need to use these, but you just never know!!! (source: www.washington.edu)

CPR for Infants (Age <1)

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  1. Shout and Tap
Shout and gently tap the child on the shoulder. If there is no response, position the infant on his or her back





  2. Open The Airway
Open the airway using a head tilt lifting of chin. Do not tilt the head too far back






  3. Give 2 Gentle Breaths

If the baby is NOT breathing give 2 small gentle breaths. Cover the baby's mouth and nose with your mouth. Each breath should be 1 second long. You should see the baby's chest rise with each breath.



  4. Give 30 Compressions

Give 30 gentle chest compressions at the rate of 100 per minute. Use two or three fingers in the center of the chest just below the nipples. Press down approximately one-third the depth of the chest.



  5. Repeat

Repeat with 2 breath and 30 compressions. After two minutes of repeated cycles call 911 and continue giving breaths and compressions.






First Aid for a Choking Conscious Infant (<1 years old)

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  Step 1

Determine if the infant can cry or cough. If not, proceed to next step.





  Step 2

Give 5 back blows.






  Step 3

Give 5 chest thrusts.






  Step 4

Repeat steps 2 & 3 above until effective or the infant becomes unconscious. If the infant becomes unresponsive, perform CPR- if you see an object in the throat or mouth, remove it.