During CPR, you should continue for about two minutes (about five cycles) or until which condition occurs?

During CPR, you should continue for about two minutes (about five cycles) or until which condition occurs?

• A. The building is evacuated
• B. The patient is fully recovered
• C. The victim is breathing and has a pulse, or an AED arrives, or the rescuer is too tired to continue
• D. The next shift takes over

Answer: (C)

When performing CPR, you keep delivering cycles of compressions and breaths until you reach a sign that life is returning or help is ready to take over. The moment you should stop is when the person starts breathing and has a pulse again, or when an automated external defibrillator arrives and you can use it, or when you are physically unable to continue (or a more qualified responder takes over). These conditions reflect real changes in the situation: the victim may have regained circulation, or professional equipment and personnel are available to provide further care. Other scenarios like evacuating the building, assuming the person has fully recovered, or waiting for the next shift are not valid reasons to end CPR because they don’t indicate that the person’s immediate survival needs are being addressed.

When performing CPR, you keep delivering cycles of compressions and breaths until you reach a sign that life is returning or help is ready to take over. The moment you should stop is when the person starts breathing and has a pulse again, or when an automated external defibrillator arrives and you can use it, or when you are physically unable to continue (or a more qualified responder takes over). These conditions reflect real changes in the situation: the victim may have regained circulation, or professional equipment and personnel are available to provide further care. Other scenarios like evacuating the building, assuming the person has fully recovered, or waiting for the next shift are not valid reasons to end CPR because they don’t indicate that the person’s immediate survival needs are being addressed.