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Step 1
Plan on doing about one hundred chest compressions per minute. This means that you're doing almost two per second or eight every five seconds.
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Step 2
Count it out as you do them. This can help ensure you keep to a steady pace and don't do them too fast or too slow.
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Step 3
Avoid doing chest compressions so quickly that you're not allowing the chest to recoil or rebound. When you're doing chest compressions, you're basically forcing the heart to pump blood through it. You must allow enough time for the heart to empty and fill between compressions.
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Step 4
Go down about one half to one third the depth of the chest.
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Step 5
Do two breaths after doing thirty compressions and then start the compressions again. You'll want to do five cycles before finding a phone. If it's an infant or a small child and you know there's no head or neck injury, take them with you as you call for help. Continue with CPR until help arrives.
