For Adult & Child; use carotid.
For Infant use brachial.
Not for an adult; but it is still required for children and infants.
To make it easier for the lay person.
Do not stop CPR to check for a pulse.
CPR is used by First Aiders when someone has a heart attack and has no pulse, or when it is suspected that this is the case.
Cpr means
An infant in need of CPR will show no movement, breathing, or a pulse.
When performing a pulse check on an Infant or Child, check for a maximum of 10 seconds. For lay CPR, no pulse check is required for an adult.
You should use CPR if a person is not breathing (place your ear nearly to their nose/mouth, and look, listen, feel for warmth) and has no pulse (using you pointer finger, feel along the side of the neck for a carotid pulse).
CPR.
CPR for the lay person, denoted just CPR, there is no longer a pulse check for an adult, so once CPR is started, it will be continued unless the person begins to show signs of life. In CPR-FPR (CPR for the Professional Rescuer) there is still a circulation check, so RB at 1 breath / 5 seconds is part of that certification. To specifically answer your question, most people would do CPR and not check for a pulse on an adult, because it is not part of the curriculum. For a professional person, they would perform rescue breathing with a pulse and CPR without a pulse.
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USE CPR ON AN ADULT WHEN THEY ARE UNRESPONSIVE; ON A CHILD AND INFANT USE CPR WHEN THERE IS NO PULSE.
Do a pulse check about every 2 minutes (or after 5 cycles of CPR).