How is CPR accomplished?

How is CPR accomplished?

• A. Breaths and Compressions
• B. Only Breaths
• C. Only Compressions
• D. Defibrillation first

Answer: (A)

CPR is a combination of chest compressions and rescue breaths, because both parts are needed to save brain and organ function during cardiac arrest. Compressions push blood through the arteries, maintaining circulation so vital organs keep getting blood flow even when the heart isn’t beating effectively. Breaths push air into the lungs to supply oxygen, which then travels in the blood to tissues. If you only compress, oxygen isn’t being added to the bloodstream efficiently; if you only breathe, there’s little circulation to move that oxygen to the body. Defibrillation is a separate intervention that may restore a normal rhythm, but CPR itself targets circulation and oxygenation through breaths and compressions. That’s why the best answer is the combination of breaths and compressions.

CPR is a combination of chest compressions and rescue breaths, because both parts are needed to save brain and organ function during cardiac arrest. Compressions push blood through the arteries, maintaining circulation so vital organs keep getting blood flow even when the heart isn’t beating effectively. Breaths push air into the lungs to supply oxygen, which then travels in the blood to tissues. If you only compress, oxygen isn’t being added to the bloodstream efficiently; if you only breathe, there’s little circulation to move that oxygen to the body. Defibrillation is a separate intervention that may restore a normal rhythm, but CPR itself targets circulation and oxygenation through breaths and compressions. That’s why the best answer is the combination of breaths and compressions.