High pressures and a damaged optic nerve may not result in any vision loss, and for these patients, the doctor determines that the glaucoma is in the early stage. The doctor will usually try to lower the eye pressure with glaucoma drops.
tric distention, which occurs in approximately 17% of resuscitation cases, and. reduce the risk of vomiting and aspiration.3 Rescue breathing, in the presence of. a pulse, is administered at a rate of 10 to 12 breaths per minute for adults and 12. â 20 breaths per minute for infants and children (Table 1). The heart rate should. be reassessed every 2 minutes during this maneuver.
1 After giving 30 chest compressions, open the airway and give 2 rescue breaths. 2  Each rescue breath should last about 1 second and make the chest clearly rise. 3  Use the head-tilt/chin-lift technique to ensure that the childâs airway is open. 4  Continue cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths.