BLS for Infants and Children Flashcards
Who are considered infants by AHA?
Children less than 1 year of age (excluding newly born)
Who are considered children by AHA?
Children are from 1 year of age to puberty. Signs of puberty include chest or underarm hair on males and any breast development in females
What is the first step in pediatric cardiac arrest?
Verify scene safety
What do you do after you have verified the scene for safety?
Check for responsiveness
How do you check for responsiveness in an infant?
Tap the heel of the infant’s foot
If the victim is nonreponsive what should you do?
Call for help, active the emergency response system
After you have called for help and activated the EMS what should you do?
Assess the infant or child for normal breathing and a pulse, at the same time to minimize delay.
How long should you take to assess for breathing and a pulse?
No more than 10 seconds
How do you check for breathing in a pediatric patient?
Look for rise and fall of the chest
What do you do if the victim IS breathing?
Monitor the victim until additional help arrives
What do you do if the victim is not breathing or is only gasping?
Begin rescue breathing 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, 12-20 breaths per minute.
If the victim is not breathing or is only gasping what is going on?
The victim is in respiratory or cardiac arrest.
If you have started rescue breathing and the patient’s heart rate drops below 60bpm and has signs of poor perfusion what should you do?
Begin chest compressions.
After providing rescue breathing for 2 minutes what should you do?
Activate EMS if not already done. Continue rescue breathing checking pulse about every 2 minutes.
What should you do if no breathing or only gaspoing and definitely no pulse after 10 second check?
Witnessed vs. unwitnessed
If you witnessed the collapse then activate EMS and retrieve the AED and then begin CPR 30:2
If not witnessed, begin CPR 30:2
Use AED as soon as it is available