Child chest compressions the child must be face up on a firm, flat surface. If you must move or roll them over, be extremely careful if you suspect head or neck injury stand or kneel at the victim’s side position your hands and body to perform chest compressions: ...
except that the compression ventilation ratio when 2 rescuers are present drops to 15:2. One or two hands may be used to compress the chest to a depth of 1/3 the diameter of the chest. Remember that compressions should be done when there is no pulse present or when ...
CPR was performed for 50 min on pentobarbital anesthetized, 3.5 - 6 kg swine with a pneumatic compressor at 100 compressions/min, 60% duty cycle and 1:5 breath to compression ratio. In groups 1, 2 and 3 (n=4), EPI was administered first as a bolus (0, 1, 10 ug/kg, respectively...
Using 100% oxygen during CPR causes hyperoxia, which has been associated with increased mortality in newborn infants (21% O2during CPR associated with reduced relative risk 0.71 [95% CI 0.54 to 0.94], risk difference −0.05 [−0.08 to −0.01], and adults [odds ratio for death of 1.8...