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What is it?This technique is for a baby (aged under one) who is unresponsive and isn't breathing. Actions- If baby fails to respond to a tap or gentle flick on the sole of foot, shout for help and open the baby's airway
- Check for breathing, look for chest movement, listen for breathing, and feel for the baby's breath on your cheek
- Do this for ten seconds
- If the baby isn't breathing, make sure someone has called an ambulance
- Carefully remove any visible obstruction from the baby's mouth and nose and give five initial rescue breaths
- Then give 30 chest compressions, and continue with cycles of two rescue breaths and 30 chest compressions
Giving chest compressions- Place two fingertips on the baby's lower breastbone - one finger's breadth below nipple line
- Press downwards sharply no more than a third of the depth of the chest
- Do this at a rate of 100 times a minute
Further actionContinue the sequence until emergency help arrives, or the baby starts to show some response. See resuscitating children if the baby is older than a year.
This article was reviewed by the British Red Cross in April 2007.
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