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ess and Phone Your Emergency Response Number (or 911)
Definitions and Now that you've learned how to give CPR, it's time to learn when to give CPR.
Key Facts If an infant doesn't respond and if that infant isn't breathing or is only gasping,
you need to give CPR.
If you are not sure whether to give CPR, go ahead and give it. It's better to give
CPR to someone who doesn't need it than not to give it to someone who does
need it.
Action: Before you give CPR, make sure the scene is safe. Look for anything nearby
Make Sure the that might hurt you. You don't want to hurt yourself.
Scene Is Safe
Action: Check if the infant responds. Tap his foot and shout his name. If he doesn't
Tap and Shout move, make a sound, blink, or otherwise react, he is not responding.
Figure 62. Tap and shout.
Action: Yell for help. If someone comes, have that person phone 911. Whether some-
Yell for Help one comes or not, check the infant's breathing next.
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Definitions and Now that you've learned how to give CPR, it's time to learn when to give CPR.
Key Facts If an infant doesn't respond and if that infant isn't breathing or is only gasping,
you need to give CPR.
If you are not sure whether to give CPR, go ahead and give it. It's better to give
CPR to someone who doesn't need it than not to give it to someone who does
need it.
Action: Before you give CPR, make sure the scene is safe. Look for anything nearby
Make Sure the that might hurt you. You don't want to hurt yourself.
Scene Is Safe
Action: Check if the infant responds. Tap his foot and shout his name. If he doesn't
Tap and Shout move, make a sound, blink, or otherwise react, he is not responding.
Figure 62. Tap and shout.
Action: Yell for help. If someone comes, have that person phone 911. Whether some-
Yell for Help one comes or not, check the infant's breathing next.
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