For infants you can check the pulse by using the apical pulse, or heart beat with a stethascope, or using your index and middle finger to feel for a brachial pulse on the upper inside area of the arms.
Use your pointer and middle finger to check pulse and do mouth to mouth as usual.
Use the 'Brachial' pulse instead of the carotid, rather not stick your fingers into baby's neck.
on upper aspect of the arm (brachial pulse)
Check a baby's pulse in the brachial artery, which is located in the upper arm, between the bicept and tricept muscles.
Check the infant pulse at the brachial artery.
Brachial artery
Brachial pulse
Usually the brachial artery.
Brachial artery
A pulse check is performed on the brachial artery for an infant.
A pulse check is performed on the brachial artery for an infant.
When performing a pulse check on an Infant or Child, check for a maximum of 10 seconds. For lay CPR, no pulse check is required for an adult.
An infant in need of CPR will show no movement, breathing, or a pulse.
check for breath sounds, check lip color, check pulse, check pupils,type of emercency
An infant in need of CPR will not be breathing and will not have a pulse. Also, the infant will be turning a blueish color.
Establish unresponsiveness,call for help,check for effort of breathing,if no breathing,give two breaths,check pulse,then 30 chest compressions if no pulse
An infant in need of CPR will be unconscious, not breathing and have no pulse.
Because you do not want to cause damage to the soft neck (carotid artery) tissues in an infant when trying to locate their pulse.
LISTENENING TO THE HEART GIVES THE APICAL PULSE. FEELING ON THE INSIDE OF THE ARM AT THE BEND OF THE ELBOW IS THE BRACHIAL PULSE.
Adult: Tip head & check for breathing. If no breathing, give 2 breaths & start CPR 30 compressions/2 breaths. Infant & Child: Tip head & check for breathing. If no breathing, give 2 breaths. Check pulse (Infant brachial, child carotid). If no pulse start CPR 30 compressions/2 breaths.
Infants will have the fastest pulse rate.