Review of BLS and AED for Infants and Children Flashcards
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Infants are younger than
Younger than 1 years old
Children range from
1 years old to puberty.
Signs of puberty include:
-chest or underarm hair on boys and any breast development in girls
To minimizing delay in starting CPR, take no more than how many seconds to assess
Take no more than 10 seconds to assess breathing at the same time as you check the pulse
When would you monitor until the emergency responders arrive
If the infant or child has normal breathing
When would you provide rescue breathing
If the infant or child is not breathing or is only gasping and a pulse is felt
What is considered cardiac arrest in the infant or child
When there is no breathing or only gasping and a pulse is not felt.
Gasping is not considered normal breathing and can be a sign of cardiac arrest.
Where would you perform a pulse check in an infant
You would palpate or feel for a brachial pulse
Where would you perform a pulse check in a child
You would palpate or feel for the femoral pulse or carotid pulse
If it is difficult to determine if there is a pulse or not you should
You can feel for pulse for at least 5 seconds but no longer than 10 seconds.
Start CPR after 10 seconds starting with chest compressions
If the infant or child does not have normal breathing and a pulse is felt
Provide rescue breathing and give 1 breath every 2-3 seconds or about 20-30 BPM
If heart rate is less than what and showing what, then what would you do
Heart rate less than 60
Showing poor signs of perfusion
Start CPR
If heart rate is greater than what, continue what. Check what how often then what
Heart rate greater than 60
Continue rescue breathing
Check pulse every 2 minutes, if no pulse felt, start CPR
If you are alone and you witness the sudden collapse of an infant or child
- activate the emergency response system
- retrieve an AED/Defibrillator
If you are alone and you did not witness the infant or child collapse suddenly
Start high quality CPR for 2 minutes
Single rescuer compression technique
Child
Infant
Child: 1 or 2 hands
Infant: 2-finger chest compressions or 2 thumb-encircling hands technique
If you are alone and did not witness sudden collapse, after how long would you do what
After about 2 minutes of CPR, if you are unable to activate emergency response, leave infant or child to do that.
How long would you continue to do ALS
Until providers take over or the child begins to breath, move or otherwise react
When would you use 30:2 vs 15:2 for compression to ventilation
Use 30:2 for single rescuer (Adult, child, infant) or two person adult
Use 15:2 if there are two rescuers for children and infants
What is the compression depth in adults, children and infants
Adults and children: at least 1/3 the diameter of the chest (approx 2 inches or 5 cm)
Infants: at least 1/3 the diameter of the chest (approx 1 1/2 in or 4 cm)
How many cycles are done in 2 minutes
5 cycles
What are the 2 methods of opening the airway
- head tilt chin lift
- jaw thrust maneuver (use if neck or head injury is suspected or unknown)
Why are breaths important for infants and children
When cardiac arrest occurs, oxygen of the blood can typically meet oxygen demands of the body for the first few minutes after arrest.
For infants and children, they often have respiratory failure or shock that reduces the oxygen content in blood before the onset of cardiac arrest
What is the difference between a pediatric specific AED vs other AEDs
It delivers a pediatric appropriate shock dose that is reduced when pediatric pads are placed
Use child pads if possible for those under the age of
Under the age of 8 years old
