Which emergency technique involves giving air to someone who is not breathing?

• A. Rescue breathing
• B. CPR
• C. Abdominal thrusts
• D. First Aid

Answer: (A)

Providing breaths to a person who isn’t breathing is rescue breathing. It’s the act of delivering air to the lungs to restore oxygenation when someone has stopped breathing. You can use it by itself if the person still has a pulse, or as the breathing component of CPR (two breaths after every set of chest compressions) until help arrives. It can be done with mouth-to-mouth or with a barrier device, and you open the airway by tilting the head back and lifting the chin. The aim is to inflate the lungs and move oxygen into the bloodstream. The other options aren’t the specific technique described: CPR is the broader process that includes compressions as well as breaths; abdominal thrusts are for choking; First Aid is general care.