In an emergency, if you cannot be relieved by another qualified person, when should you stop performing CPR?

In an emergency, if you cannot be relieved by another qualified person, when should you stop performing CPR?

• A. After one minute
• B. When you can no longer feel your arms
• C. When your hands slip from the chest
• D. Only when you are relieved by another qualified person or when you just can't go any further because of fatigue and there is no one else available to assist or relieve you

Answer: (D)

The important idea is to keep CPR going until someone else qualified arrives to take over, or you are physically unable to continue and there’s no one else available to relieve you. Chest compressions are essential for maintaining blood flow, and interruptions cut the person’s chances of survival, so you don’t stop just because you’re tired or until help arrives to relieve you. If there’s no one else to relieve you, you may continue only as long as you can physically go on; once you truly can’t continue and there’s no one else to help, you may stop. That’s why the option describing relief by another qualified person or stopping only because you’re exhausted with no one else available is the best fit.

The important idea is to keep CPR going until someone else qualified arrives to take over, or you are physically unable to continue and there’s no one else available to relieve you. Chest compressions are essential for maintaining blood flow, and interruptions cut the person’s chances of survival, so you don’t stop just because you’re tired or until help arrives to relieve you. If there’s no one else to relieve you, you may continue only as long as you can physically go on; once you truly can’t continue and there’s no one else to help, you may stop. That’s why the option describing relief by another qualified person or stopping only because you’re exhausted with no one else available is the best fit.