What to do if your baby is unconscious

What to do if your baby is unconscious

If you think your baby is unconscious. Look, listen and feel to see if your baby is still breathing act as quickly as possible and stay as calm as possible.

If baby is still breathing:

• If your baby is unconscious there is a risk that your baby may choke on there tongue or be sick.
• To prevent this cradle your baby with there head lower that there cheast so that there airway is open.
• While you are waiting for the ambulance to arrive make sure you keep checking your babies pulse and breathing.
• To find your babies pulse place two fingers on your babies inner arm do not use your thumb as you have a pulse on your thumb and may not detect the babies pulse..

If baby has stopped breathing:

• If your baby has stopped breathing you will need to do mouth to mouth ventilation.
• Place one finger on your babies chin and the other hand on her head and tilt there head back slightly to open babies airway.
• Remove any obvious obstruction.from your babies mouth.
• Seal your lips tightly around your babies mouth and nose into your babies lungs an-till you see there chest rise. When this happens you then remove your lips and let the chest fall back.
• Continue with this for one minute aim to do one breath to every 3 seconds.
• The check your babies pulse if it is under 60 beats per minute begin chest compressions.

Chest Compressions:

• Only use this method if the pulse is absent or under 60 beats a minute.
• Position your index finger in the center on the nipple line on the lower breastbone.
• Place the next two fingers on the lower breast bone, just below the nipple line and press down sharply to a depth of 2cm, do this 5 times in 3 seconds.
• Give one mouth to mouth ventilation repeat this cycle for 1 minute.