Mastering AED: A Life-Saving Essential

Perform adult CPR by providing 30 chest compressions at 100–120 bpm and depth 2–2.4 inches, with airway management and two breaths, while ensuring scene safety and calling for help.

Deliver chest compressions at 100–120 bpm and 2–2.4 inches deep. Place the heel of one hand on the lower sternum and press straight down, avoiding the xiphoid process.

Learn to give breaths during CPR using a mask or mouth-to-mouth to supply oxygen to the lungs and brain while chest compressions continue.

Place the mask over the mouth and nose, perform the head tilt chin left maneuver to open the airway, seal, and deliver two one-second breaths while watching the chest rise.

Master child CPR for ages one year to puberty, performing cycles of 15 compressions and 2 breaths with scene safety checks. If unresponsive or gasping, continue CPR and call 911.

Master child chest compressions in CPR. Position the child on their back, push one third of the chest at 100–120 bpm with full recoil, and switch roles every two minutes.

Master how to give breaths in child CPR by opening the airway, tilting the head, pinching the nose, sealing the mouth, and delivering two rescue breaths until the chest rises.

Learn to use a mask to deliver breaths to a child during CPR, ensure a proper seal, open the airway with a head tilt-chin lift, and watch the chest rise.

Master the use of an aed for children, including when to use pediatric pads, how to place pads without overlap, and how to follow prompts while starting cpr.

Learn to activate an AED for children, use pediatric pads for under eight years or adult pads if unavailable, place pads without overlapping, analyze rhythm, and resume CPR when advised.

Apply abdominal thrusts to dislodge a choking obstruction. Wrap your arms around the victim, place a fist above the navel, press upward toward the chest, and start CPR if unconscious.

Learn to manage an adult airway by performing compressions, then use the head tilt chin lift, tilt the head back, and deliver two breaths while watching for chest rise.

Open an infant airway by tilting the head to a neutral position, stabilizing with one hand on the head and the other on the chin, and delivering two breaths.

Assess infant responsiveness, call 911, start CPR with 30 compressions at 100–120 per minute to 1.5 inches, activate the AED, apply pads front and back, and follow 30:2.

Recognize choking in adults and the universal sign of choking (holding the neck) as the airway becomes blocked. Act immediately to prevent death, since most victims pass out within minutes.

Relief of choking in adults and adolescents uses abdominal thrusts with a fist above the navel. Continue until the obstruction clears or the person is unresponsive, then CPR.

Identify signs of choking in children, from mild obstruction with coughing to severe blockage; if breathing is compromised, call 911 or EMS and follow the CPR manual.

Learn to relieve choking in children with abdominal thrusts, proper fist placement above the navel, and upward thrusts, and know when to perform chest thrusts and start cpr.

Learn to recognize choking signs in infants and act quickly with back slaps and chest thrusts to clear a blocked airway, using CPR guidance for obstructions.

Master high-quality CPR and early AED use, call 911, and perform airway maneuvers and pad placement to save a life in five minutes.