Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) On An Adult & Child

Cardipulmanory Resuscitation(CPR) on an Adult

Using two hands, deliver 30 chest compressions on the centre of the chest approximately 5 – 6cm at a rate of 100 – 120 compressions per minute.

Give 2 rescue breaths and continue chest compressions .  Each rescue breath should take one second to complete and the casualty’s chest should rise as in normal breathing.

Keep alternating rescue breaths with chest compressions until professional help arrives, a bystander alternates with the rescuer, until the casualty is alert and conscious or until the rescuer is totally exhausted.

Administer chest  compressions prior to rescue breaths. 

Cardipulmanory Resuscitation(CPR) on a Child

Administer 5 rescue breaths prior to chest chest  compressions.   

Using two hands  compress on the centre of the chest 1/3 deep into the chest.

Any one between the ages of 1 to 18 is considered a child.

You can use two hands to deliver chest compressions in the following scenario’s

  • When rescuing a large child 
  • When the rescuer is small