FIRST AID MANUAL
FIRST AID SKILLS MASTERY APP
Must read for everybody.
American Heart Association says :
"We define first aid as the assessments and interventions that can be performed by a bystander (or by the victim) with minimal or no medical equipment. We strongly believe that education in first aid should be universal: everyone can learn first aid and everyone should"
From - 2010 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines for First Aid
21. CHEST COMPRESSIONS IN CHILDREN
CHEST COMPRESSIONS IN CHILD
1) Compression point is lower half of sternum
2) Use 2 or 1 hand for chest compression
3) Rest as above
CHEST COMPRESSIONS IN INFANT
1) Compression point is just below the line joining 2 nipples over the mid breastbone
2) Use 2 fingers for the compression
3) Use 2 thumb encircling hands technique when 2 rescuers are present
4) Encircle the infants chest with both hands, spread your fingers around the thorax
and place your thumbs together over the lower half of the sternum. Forcefully
compress the sternum with your thumbs as you squeeze the thorax with your fingers
for counter-pressure
5) Rest as above