For young children and infants who are frightened by a mask being placed on their face, use a “blow-by” technique. To perform this technique, hold the mask about 2 inches from the child’s face, waving it slowly from side-to-side, thus allowing the oxygen to pass over the face and be inhaled. A conscious, breathing victim can hold the BVM to inhale the oxygen or you can squeeze the bag as the victim inhales to deliver more oxygen. Squeeze the bag between each breath for victims breathing less than 10 times per minute. For a victim breathing more than 30 times per minute,
squeeze the bag on every second breath.