Question

When you try to give an unresponsive adult a rescue breath and the chest does not appear to rise, what would you do next? Select the correct answer from the list provided.

Activate EMS by calling 911.
Repeat the head-tilt-chin-lift maneuver and attempt the breath again.
Perform abdominal thrusts

Answer 1

If chest does not rise with the initial rescue breath, retilt the head before giving a second breath. If the second breath does not make the chest rise, the person may be choking. After each subsequent set of chest compressions and before attempting breaths, look for an object and, if seen, remove it. Continue CPR.