Equipment needed:

Adult, child and infant manikins, handouts, schedule of CPR classes, decontaminating solution, tables, blankets or mats, station sign, 2-3 volunteers.

Lecture:

Rescue breathing is the process of breathing for a victim who cannot breathe for themselves. The air that someone exhales has approximately sixteen percent oxygen, enough to sustain life.

Demonstration:

Make sure to decontaminate manikins according to CDC guidelines (1/4 household bleach per gallon of tap water) before each new participant. Ask participants to remove any lipstick, Chapstick^TM, chewing gum, etc. Review health precautions and guidelines found in the American Red Cross Student Manual.

Go through the following steps on all three manikins (adult, child, infant).

1. Check:

a. Check the scene for safety

b. Check the victim for consciousness

2. Call for help, get the attention of a nearby person.

3. Care:

a. Open airway by using head tilt and chin lift technique

b. Look toward the chest and look, listen and feel for:

• chest rising
• air exchange
• exhaling of air

c. Give initial breaths:

• Two slow full breaths for adult and child
• Two puffs for infant

d. Check for pulse:

• Use carotid artery in the neck for adult and child
• Use the brachial artery in the upper arm for infant

e. Begin rescue breathing ratios until help arrives:

• One breath every 5 seconds for adult
• One breath every 3 seconds for child and infant

4. Have all participants practice rescue breathing on each manikin.