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$Title{Emergency First Aid: MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION}
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$Author{
Editors of Consumer Guide
Siegfried, Donna M}
$Subject{MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION STOPS BREATHING breath breathe breathes
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR}
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The New Parents' Question & Answer Book
MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION
IF THE CHILD STOPS BREATHING, BEGIN MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION IMMEDIATELY
and send someone to call for emergency medical assistance. If you are alone,
perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for 1 minute (or less if child begins
breathing) before leaving child to call for medical assistance. Then, if
child is still not breathing, resume mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
EMERGENCY TREATMENT
1. Tap child on shoulder and shout, "Are you okay?" If child does not
respond, yell "help" to get attention of others.
2. Open child's airway:
IF NO HEAD, BACK, OR NECK INJURY SUSPECTED, tilt child's head back to open
airway:
a) Kneel by child's side and place one of your hands on child's forehead.
Gently tilt child's head back.
b) Place fingers of your other hand on bony part of child's chin--not on
throat.
c) Gently lift child's chin straight up without closing child's mouth.
IF HEAD, BACK, OR NECK INJURY SUSPECTED, open child's airway using jaw thrust:
a) DO NOT tilt or reposition child's head or torso.
b) Place tips of your index and middle fingers at corners of child's jaw
(near ears) and your thumbs on bony portion of child's chin.
c) Gently lift jaw forward and open child's mouth without moving child's
head.
3. Look, listen, and feel for breathing for 3 to 5 seconds by placing your
cheek near child's mouth and watching for chest to rise and fall.
4. Give 2 breaths:
INFANT:
a) Maintain head-tilt position, but DO NOT tip head too far back.
b) Place your mouth over infant's mouth and nose.
c) Give 2 gentle puffs.
d) If no exchange of air, reposition infant's head and try again.
CHILD:
a) Maintain head-tilt position.
b) Pinch child's nose closed with your fingers and place your mouth over
child's mouth.
c) Give 2 full, slow breaths, each lasting 1 to 1 1/2 seconds.
d) After each breath, pull your mouth away and allow child's lungs to
deflate.
e) If no exchange of air, reposition child's head and try again.
5. Check child's breathing and pulse. To check pulse:
a) Keep child's head tipped back by keeping your hand on child's forehead.
b) Place fingertips of your other hand on child's Adam's apple. Slide
fingers into groove at either side of Adam's apple.
6. Call 911 or operator if no one else has done so.
7. If victim remains unconscious and:
a) There is a pulse but no breathing, continue giving 1 breath every 4
seconds for child or 1 gentle puff every 3 seconds for infant.
b) There is no pulse and no breathing and you have not been trained in CPR,
continue to give 1 breath every 4 seconds for child or 1 gentle puff
every 3 seconds for infant. (There may be a very faint pulse which you
did not feel.)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-support technique used when
a person is not breathing and when the heart may have stopped beating. CPR
must be learned through classroom instruction taught by qualified instructors,
and it must be administered by someone trained in the technique. All parents
should take a course in CPR.