CPR
What is CPR? In an emergency situation, CPR - or cardiopulmonary resuscitation - can be a truly lifesaving technique. CPR is an important part of any first aid course, and it is something that everyone should know how to do. Why? Because CPR can provide the means to keep a person alive long enough to receive professional medical attention. The longer that a human being goes without oxygen, the more likely severe damage - and even death - can occur. Knowing CPR - and performing it properly - can mean the difference between life and death. Considering how relatively simple performing CPR is, there is no good reason why you shouldn't learn how to do it yourself.
Giving CPR to a baby (Under One Year of Age):
- With a hand on his forehead, very carefully tilt their head back and lift their chin with one of your fingers (lifts the tongue of the baby away from the back of the throat).
- Take a breath and put your mouth over the baby’s nostril and mouth, and breathe softly into the baby’s nose and mouth until you see his chest rise. Remove your lips and let the baby’s chest drop. X4.
- Place your index and middle fingers onto the centre of the baby’s chest.
- Press down on the baby’s chest with your middle and index fingers. Then release the pressure so that the chest comes back up, but keep your fingers on the baby’s chest. Give 30 compressions at a ratio of 100 per minute.
- Tilt their head back and lift their chin with two of your fingers.
- Press down on the victim’s chest with your hand. Then release the pressure so that the chest comes back up, but keep your hand on the patient's chest. Give 30 compressions at a ratio of 100 per minute.