How should you give breaths during CPR to an animal?

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How should you give breaths during CPR to an animal?

Explanation:
Opening the airway and delivering breaths correctly is essential during CPR in animals. To ventilate, gently extend the head to keep the airway open, seal the mouth, and blow into the nostrils. This directs air into the lungs and should make the chest rise with each breath. If air escapes or the chest doesn’t rise, reposition and reseal before trying again. Breathing through the ears wouldn’t reach the lungs, and doing chest compressions with no breaths misses the ventilation part of CPR. Give short, controlled breaths and coordinate them with the compression cycle to maintain circulation and oxygenation.

Opening the airway and delivering breaths correctly is essential during CPR in animals. To ventilate, gently extend the head to keep the airway open, seal the mouth, and blow into the nostrils. This directs air into the lungs and should make the chest rise with each breath. If air escapes or the chest doesn’t rise, reposition and reseal before trying again. Breathing through the ears wouldn’t reach the lungs, and doing chest compressions with no breaths misses the ventilation part of CPR. Give short, controlled breaths and coordinate them with the compression cycle to maintain circulation and oxygenation.

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