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Rescue Breath Inflation Table
Casualty
Head Tilt
Volume of Expiration
Adults
Full Tilt
Normal Breath
Children
Full Head Tilt
1⁄2 Adult Breath
Infants
No Head Tilt
Small Puff from Cheeks
Mouth to Mouth
Position yourself beside the victim’s head. Using your hands to position the head, lift the jaw and maintain an open airway.
Take a normal sized breath, open your mouth as widely as possible and place it over the person’s slightly open mouth. While maintaining an open airway, pinch the nostrils (or seal nostrils with rescuer’s cheek) and blow to inflate the person’s lungs.
For mouth-to-mouth ventilation, it is reasonable to give each breath in a short time (one second) with a volume to achieve chest rise. Care should be taken not to over-inflate the lungs as this may cause damage or inflate the stomach that may result in the casualty regurgitating during resuscitation attempts.
Look for rise of the chest during each inflation. If the chest does not rise, check for the following potential causes:
• obstruction in the airway (tongue or foreign material)
• inadequate head tilt, chin lift
• insufficient air being blown into the lungs
• inadequate air seal around mouth and or nose.
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