🔍 Key Concepts

• Artificial respiration (rescue breathing) for an adult with a pulse • Difference in breathing rates between adults and children/infants • How normal adult breathing rate per minute compares to assisted breathing

💭 Think About

• Think about what a normal resting adult breathing rate per minute is and whether artificial respiration should be slower, similar, or much faster than that • Consider what could happen if breaths are given too frequently or too forcefully to a casualty who still has a pulse • Ask yourself which option best represents a controlled, steady support of breathing rather than hyperventilating the victim

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify the typical normal adult respiratory rate (breaths per minute) taught in first aid/CPR references • Check which answer choices would clearly over-ventilate an adult (too many breaths per minute) • Confirm that for a victim with a pulse, you are providing only breaths, not chest compressions, and match the rate to standard CPR guidelines for rescue breathing for adults