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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Infant CPR: 2-thumb method Pressing on the chest for CPR is called doing "compressions." To do compressions on an infant using the 2-thumb method, hold the infant with your hands around his or her chest. Then place the tips of your thumbs (side-by-side) on the victim's breastbone, just below the nipples. With each compression, make sure the victim's chest drops down at least 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters). Between compressions, lift all pressure off the victim's chest so that his or her chest goes back to where it was.