What is the maximum recommended time to interrupt chest compressions to check for a pulse or deliver a shock during resuscitation?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Less than ten seconds
Answer: Less than ten seconds.
Why not the others: Interrupting chest compressions for 20 seconds or longer causes coronary perfusion pressure to drop to zero, reducing survival; Longer pauses compromise cerebral blood flow and abolish the benefit of CPR.
Why not the others: Interrupting chest compressions for 20 seconds or longer causes coronary perfusion pressure to drop to zero, reducing survival; Longer pauses compromise cerebral blood flow and abolish the benefit of CPR.
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