3d: One-Rescuer BLS in Infants (2025)

Chapter 3, Part 4 continues with the coverage of BLS. The information provided is specific to one-rescuer situations involving infants. There are a number of appropriate actions to take depending on the state of the infant, which is explained in detail during the lesson.

"If you are alone with an infant, tap the bottom of their foot and talk loudly to the infant to determine if they are responsive.

If the infant does not respond and is not breathing (or is only gasping for air), then yell for help. If someone responds, send them to call 911 and get an AED.

Assess if they are breathing while feeling for the infant’s femoral or brachial pulse for no more than 10 seconds.

If you cannot feel a pulse, or if you are unsure, begin CPR by doing 30 compressions followed by two breaths. If you can feel a pulse but the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute, begin CPR. This rate is too slow for a child.

a. Be sure the infant is face-up on a hard surface.
b. Using two fingers, perform compressions in the center of the infant’s chest; do not press on the end of the sternum as this can cause injury to the infant.
c. Compression depth should be about 1.5 inches (4 cm) and a rate of 100 to 120 per minute.

After performing CPR for about two minutes (usually about five cycles of 30 compressions and two breaths) if help has not arrived, call EMS while staying with the infant. The ILCOR
emphasizes that cell phones are available everywhere now and most have a built-in speakerphone.

Get an AED or defibrillator if you know where one is. Use the AED or the defibrillator while continuing CPR until more help arrives or until infant’s condition normalizes."

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