What should you do before CPR is started?

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What should you do before CPR is started?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Basic Life Support (BLS) sequence – what comes first when you find a victim? • Difference between checking responsiveness, airway, and breathing • How CPR (chest compressions/ventilations) fits into the overall emergency care steps

💭 Think About

• When you first come upon a victim, what is the very first thing you must determine before you start chest compressions? • Which option is a safety or assessment step, and which are more like treatment/comfort steps that would come later, if at all? • Think about the standard order: check the scene, check the person, then move through airway–breathing–circulation. Where are you in that sequence right before CPR begins?

✅ Before You Answer

• Make sure you know what CPR actually is (compressions + breaths) and when it is indicated – on a non‑breathing, unresponsive person • Identify which choice is about assessment of the victim’s state vs. treating separate problems like bleeding or comfort • Consider that some steps (like airway) are part of CPR itself; focus on what must be confirmed immediately before CPR is started