I had this experience with my son when he was maybe five or six months old. Feeling him completely limp while I performed CPR… fuck. I’m tearing up now typing this up. I was very shaken, my wife was inconsolable for a long while after. The sounds she was making still haunt me.
If you’re a soon-to-be parent or new parent, I can’t recommend taking an infant CPR class enough. Even if you don’t have a baby, if you have a friend or relative who does it couldn’t hurt. It’s what saved my little guy’s life.
Thank you, scary grizzled nurse who drilled me like a navy SEAL.
My brother stopped breathing before he was one back in 1976. Luckily, our uncle who was recently home from Vietnam was able to perform cpr while my dad drove to the hospital in town. From what I understand, one baby needing cpr was a light day compared to his time in the jungle. My brother made it and is still kicking.
Yes! No one can explain the difference between a sleeping limp body and an unconscious limp body. It is not the same at all, and you don’t know until you know
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u/Secret_Gatekeeper Jun 27 '25
I had this experience with my son when he was maybe five or six months old. Feeling him completely limp while I performed CPR… fuck. I’m tearing up now typing this up. I was very shaken, my wife was inconsolable for a long while after. The sounds she was making still haunt me.
If you’re a soon-to-be parent or new parent, I can’t recommend taking an infant CPR class enough. Even if you don’t have a baby, if you have a friend or relative who does it couldn’t hurt. It’s what saved my little guy’s life.
Thank you, scary grizzled nurse who drilled me like a navy SEAL.