While performing resuscitation to an adult you should perform chest compressions at the rate of:
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Correct answer
A. 100-120 chest compressions per minute.
Explanation
In the photo a rescuer in a high-visibility vest is doing chest compressions on a woman lying on her back, and next to them there is a car with its door open. You compress an adult's chest at a rate of 100-120 times per minute - answer A.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in an accident in which someone is injured to give the necessary help to the victims, and the Criminal Code punishes failure to give help. According to the resuscitation guidelines, you press the middle of the chest to a depth of about 5-6 cm at a rate of 100-120 compressions per minute, which is roughly two per second. A rate of 60-80 (answer B) is too slow - the blood then does not reach the brain well enough. A rate of 140-160 (answer C) is too fast - the heart does not have time to fill with blood between compressions. After every 30 compressions you give 2 rescue breaths, if you know how and can give them safely.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code