True statements about Adult CPR include:
When can you STOP CPR?
CPR is physical work, but can keep a person alive until rescue arrives. They generally arrive in 1 to 7 minutes on average.
NOTE: Often, CPR can break ribs. Re-check your hand positioning each time you put your first hand (heel of hand) against the chest. But if you hear bones crack, and know your hands are positioned right, do NOT stop. It's better for the person to have broken ribs than for the person to die from lack of oxygenated blood being pushed into the organs and limbs. You are making O2 get into the lungs, so the lungs can expel CO2, and you are making the heart pump.
NOTE: If in an office, school, airplane, ask if they have a portable defibrillator. It will SPEAK instructions so the heart can be shocked back into a normal rhythm. But you may still need to do rescue breathing.
What about germs? What if you do not have protective airway?
Do CPR anyway. You may save a life.
What if the person vomits?
Sweep the mouth. Continue CPR.
For BLS (not lay rescuer), rescue breathing (RB) is 10-12 breaths per minute for an adult, which is True. Lay rescuer, adult RB has been eliminated. If you mean during CPR, adult (30 compressions to 2 breaths), you will not get 10 breaths per minute during CPR which makes the statement false.
Adult CPR is needed for whenever someone needs aid in breathing. Therefore, it can be any age that needs it, as long as the person has a certification in CPR for legal reasons. The word "adult" refers to at least age 18, so adult CPR is CPR for those 18 and over only.
Do not stop CPR to check for signs of life in Adult CPR. Continue CPR until help (EMS) arrives or someone takes over.
An adult of course.
Signs of breathing difficulty in adult CPR are wheezing, irregular, shallow, or gasping breaths.
If it's an adult, you should immediatly before CPR. If its a child, you should do CPR for 5 minutes and then call. It's approximately 2 Minutes for the infant or child. ~Jason, just passed his FirstAid/CPR Taining.
For lay CPR, no pulse check is required.
when an adult victim is in a dangerous environment
For giving CPR, an adult is defined as someone over the age of 12 by the American Red Cross.
Stays the same for Adult CPR 1 or 2 rescuer; 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
Once CPR is started for an adult, don't stop to check for signs of life. Continue CPR until EMS arrives to take over.
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.