CPR 2026 ADULT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
REVIEW PAPER ANSWERS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACK
◉ Respiratory arrest
Answer: No breathing
◉ How to check adult/child consciousness?
Answer: Tap shoulder and shout
◉ How to check infant consciousness?
Answer: Tap foot and shout
◉ When is rescue breathing done?
Answer: When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing
◉ How is rescue breathing done on an adult?
Answer: One breath every 5 seconds
◉ How is rescue breathing done on a child/infant?
Answer: One breath every 3 seconds
, ◉ How long do you give rescue breaths for?
Answer: Two minutes, then stop and re-assess
◉ How are bag-valve masks (BVMs) operated?
Answer: MUST be done with two people, one seals the mask over the
airways and the other squeezes the bag.
◉ What is the age of an infant, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 0-12 months, 1.5 in compressions
◉ What is the age of a child, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 1-12 years, about 2 in compressions
◉ What is the age of an adult, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 12 or older, at least 2 in compressions.
◉ When and how do you perform modified CPR?
REVIEW PAPER ANSWERS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACK
◉ Respiratory arrest
Answer: No breathing
◉ How to check adult/child consciousness?
Answer: Tap shoulder and shout
◉ How to check infant consciousness?
Answer: Tap foot and shout
◉ When is rescue breathing done?
Answer: When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing
◉ How is rescue breathing done on an adult?
Answer: One breath every 5 seconds
◉ How is rescue breathing done on a child/infant?
Answer: One breath every 3 seconds
, ◉ How long do you give rescue breaths for?
Answer: Two minutes, then stop and re-assess
◉ How are bag-valve masks (BVMs) operated?
Answer: MUST be done with two people, one seals the mask over the
airways and the other squeezes the bag.
◉ What is the age of an infant, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 0-12 months, 1.5 in compressions
◉ What is the age of a child, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 1-12 years, about 2 in compressions
◉ What is the age of an adult, and how deep do you give
compressions?
Answer: 12 or older, at least 2 in compressions.
◉ When and how do you perform modified CPR?