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According to basic cardiac life support procedures, what describes appropriate rescue breathing for an adult patient?

One breath every 10 seconds

One breath every 5 seconds

According to basic cardiac life support procedures, rescue breathing for an adult patient should be done at a rate of one breath every 5 seconds. This allows for adequate ventilation and oxygenation while still allowing for sufficient chest compressions to be performed. Option A of one breath every 10 seconds may not provide enough oxygen to the patient and may delay important chest compressions. Option C of two breaths every 5 seconds may be too frequent and impede proper chest compressions. Option D of no rescue breathing may be appropriate only in certain extreme cases where the rescuer is not trained in rescue breathing or in certain specific advanced cardiac life support procedures.

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Two breaths every 5 seconds

No rescue breathing, only chest compressions

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