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8. Use a chest compression rate of 100 to 120 per minute. Pauses in chest compressions should be less than 10 seconds. Infants undergoing CPR should receive 2 breaths after every 30 chest compressions if there is a single rescuer. If there are two rescuers, the infant should receive the 2 breaths after every 15 chest compressions. Keep rechecking for breathing until help arrives.
9. Continue to give 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths until one of these things happens: The infant recovers. The AED is ready to use. Help arrives. You have performed 2 minutes of CPR (5 sets of 30 compressions and 2 breaths), and you are alone and need to call 911 or the local emergency number.
Review Date 2/10/2026
Updated by: Jesse Borke, MD, CPE, FAAEM, FACEP, Attending Physician at Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, CA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
