CPR Online Class Practice Test

When two rescuers are present, the infant chest compressions are performed using the two-thumb-encircling hands technique. This method places both thumbs on the infant’s sternum while the hands encircle the chest from around the back, allowing for stable, centered compressions with good depth and recoil. It helps share the workload between rescuers and reduces fatigue, so each compression remains consistent throughout the cycle. The depth goal for infants is about 1.5 inches (4 cm) or about one-third of the chest diameter, and this technique helps maintain that depth reliably. The two-finger technique is a common option for a single rescuer performing infant compressions, but it doesn’t provide the same stability and depth consistency when two rescuers are involved. The other techniques aren’t standard approaches for infant CPR with two rescuers.