During CPR with an advanced airway, which statement best describes ventilation?

During CPR with an advanced airway, which statement best describes ventilation?

• A. Continuous chest compressions with breaths delivered at 6-second intervals.
• B. Pauses compressions for every breath
• C. Breaths every 60 seconds
• D. Deliver breaths only with no chest compressions

Answer: (A)

With an advanced airway in place, the focus is on keeping chest compressions continuous while delivering ventilation at a steady rate. The recommended rate is one breath every six seconds, about 10 breaths per minute, so ventilation occurs without stopping compressions. This approach maintains coronary and cerebral perfusion while still providing oxygen to the lungs. Pausing compressions for each breath would reduce perfusion, giving breaths too slowly would not meet oxygen needs, and delivering breaths with no chest compressions would fail to circulate blood.

With an advanced airway in place, the focus is on keeping chest compressions continuous while delivering ventilation at a steady rate. The recommended rate is one breath every six seconds, about 10 breaths per minute, so ventilation occurs without stopping compressions. This approach maintains coronary and cerebral perfusion while still providing oxygen to the lungs. Pausing compressions for each breath would reduce perfusion, giving breaths too slowly would not meet oxygen needs, and delivering breaths with no chest compressions would fail to circulate blood.