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Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter, HEALTHbeat.   Email address:     Incontinence Weight Loss Prostate Disease Vitamins and Minerals Aching Hands See All Titles Common Medical Conditions Wellness & Prevention Emotional Well Being & Mental Health Women’s Health Men’s Health Heart & Circulatory Health   contact us		CPR on a Child Under Age 8 Basic CPR on a child is five chest compressions and one breath. You may have to repeat the five compressions and one breath multiple times. You will push down on the chest 100 to 120 times per minute. Continue until breathing begins or help arrives. Kneel next to the child. With the fingers of the hand that is closest to the child’s feet, find the bottom of the breastbone. Place the heel of one hand below the nipples and above the bottom of the breastbone and push down forcefully, 1 1/2 inches with each compression; then let the chest rise. Count out loud: “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5.” Then tilt the child’s head back slightly and form a seal with your mouth over the child’s mouth and nose (see Mouth-to-Mouth-and-Nose Resuscitation on a Child Under Age 8 or on an Infant, p. 1197). Blow one breath so that the chest rises. Continue, alternating five compressions and one breath, until help arrives.
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