3b. One-Rescuer BLS in Children, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

This is a lesson about the administration of basic life support specifically in situations involving children. It provides a step-by-step overview of what to do in one-rescuer scenario involving children. There are important adjustments which must be made when administering CPR to a child, which are highlighted here, along with important information about maintaining the situation until EMS arrives on the scene.

"If you are alone with a child in a life-threatening situation, first shake their shoulders and talk loudly to them to determine if they are responsive.

Then, assess their breathing.

If the child 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 (if you are not in a health care facility), or activate emergency response system and get a defibrillator (if you are in a health care facility).

Feel for the child’s carotid pulse on the side of their neck or femoral pulse on the inner thigh in the crease between their leg and groin. Feel for no more than 10 seconds.

If you cannot feel a pulse, or if you are unsure that you feel a pulse, 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.

After doing CPR for about two minutes, which is usually five cycles of 30 compressions and two breaths, and if help has not arrived, call EMS while staying with the child. The AHA emphasizes to use speaker-equipped cell phones that are available everywhere now.

Get an AED or a defibrillator if you know where one is. Use and follow the prompts on the AED or the defibrillator while continuing CPR until EMS arrives or until child’s condition normalizes."

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