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How are your breathing rate and pulse rate related?
The breathing rate and pulse rate are related proportionally. If the breathing rate increases, so does the pulse rate. The pulse rate is an indication of the breathing rate.
What to do if a no shock incited on an AED?
Check for a pulse and breathing. No pulse, no breathing, give CPR.
What are the guidlines for adminering a person who is not breathing and has no pulse?
For the condition of no breathing and no pulse, immediately commence CPR.
What will you do to prevent performing CPR on victim that has only fainted?
Check to see if they have a pulse, or are breathing. If they have both, no CPR is needed. If they have a pulse but aren't breathing, you can perform rescue breathing only without chest compressions. If they do not have a pulse and aren't breathing, you perform rescue breathing and chest compressions.
Can you stop CPR when you have a pulse?
No. Monitor the pulse, and give rescue breathing if needed.
What to do with no breathing bout you have a pulse?
CPR.
When is CPR required?
When someone is not breathing and does not have a pulse
How do you recognize the condition of a person that needs CPR?
First perform an Initial Assessment. Open the airway, Check for breathing, if there is no breathing give two rescue breaths. If the rescue breaths go in and make the chest clearly rise check for a pulse. IF there is no pulse begin CPR.
Can a person breathe without having a pulse?
It is possible to have a pulse but no breathing as in asphyxiation, but the reverse is impossible, without a pulse you basically aren't alive, that pulse is a symbol of blood pumping through your body. Good answer above. I should add that, in some subjects, that pulse may be there but not be palpable.
What are steps for agonal breathing victim?
Agonal breathing will not support life; rescue breathing (or CPR if no pulse) is required.
An infant in need of CPR will show what signs?
An infant in need of CPR will not be breathing and will not have a pulse. Also, the infant will be turning a blueish color.
What will an infant in need of CPR show?
An infant in need of CPR will show no movement, breathing, or a pulse.
