Emergencies and resuscitation

How to do infant CPR

Other platforms explain it with text and video. In VMS you practice it on the patient.

MD / DOPANursing (NCLEX)EMS (NREMT)
Practice it in VR with Blocky

Infant CPR uses smaller compressions and covers the mouth and nose for breaths.

Step by step

  1. Check

    Tap the foot, shout; look for breathing and feel the brachial pulse for no more than 10 seconds. [1]

  2. Call

    If alone and the collapse was not witnessed, do 2 minutes of CPR before leaving to call. [1]

  3. Compressions

    Two fingers or two thumbs encircling, center of the chest just below the nipple line, about 1.5 inches (4 cm), 100 to 120 per minute. [1]

  4. Breaths

    Cover mouth and nose, small breaths to make the chest rise. [1]

  5. Ratio

    30:2 for one rescuer, 15:2 for two. [1]

  6. AED

    Pediatric pads or dose attenuator if available; adult pads if not. [1]

Common errors

Practice it in VMS

In VMS you do this on the patient, not on paper: every step goes on the checklist with a score, and in Teach mode Blocky tells you what comes next.

VMS cases that train this skill

17 VMS cases train this skill: open the case library

Sources

  1. AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC
  2. NASEMSO National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines
  3. NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic)

Facts and steps follow AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC; NASEMSO National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines; NREMT psychomotor skill sheets (EMT and Paramedic). VMS is not affiliated with these organizations. Updated: 2026-10-11.