| Maneuver |
Adult
Lay rescuer: ≥8 years
HCP: Adolescent and older |
Child
Lay rescuers: 1 to 8 years
HCP: 1 year to adolescent
|
Infant
Under 1 year of age |
Airway
|
Head tilt-chin lift (HCP:
suspected trauma, use jaw thrust) |
Breathing Initial
|
2 breaths at 1 second/breath |
2 effective breaths at
1 second/breath |
HCP : Rescue breathing without
chest compressions
|
10 to 12 breaths/min
(approximate)
|
12 to 20 breaths/min
(approximate) |
HCP : Rescue breaths for CPR with
advanced airway
|
8 to 10 breaths/min (approximately) |
Foreign-body airway obstruction
|
Abdominal thrusts
|
Back slaps and chest thrusts |
Circulation HCP : Pulse check(≤10 sec)
|
Carotid |
Brachial or femoral |
Compression landmarks
|
Lower half of stermun,
between nipples |
Just below nipple line
(lower half ot sternum) |
Compression method Push hard
and fast Allow complete recoil
|
Heel of one hand, other hand on top
|
Heel of one hand or as for adults
|
2 or 3 fingers
HCP (2rescuers):
2 thumb-encircling hands |
Compression depth
|
1 ½ to 2 inches
|
Approximately one third
to one half the depth of the chest |
Compression rate
|
Approximately 100/min |
Compression-ventilation ratio.
|
30:2 (one or two rescuers) |
30:2 (single rescuer)
HCP: 15:2 (2 rescuers) |
Defibrillation AED
|
Use adult pads
Do not use child pads
|
Use AED after 5 cycles of CPR
(out of hospital).
Use pediatric system for child 1 to 8 years if available.
HCP: For sudden collapse
(out of hospital) or in-hospital
arrest use AED as soon as available. |
No recommendation for intants
<1
year of age
|
