According to the CPR protocol, when should you stop performing CPR?

According to the CPR protocol, when should you stop performing CPR?

• A. When help arrives
• B. After you are exhausted
• C. When the patient shows signs of life
• D. After 10 minutes

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that CPR is handed off to responders with higher training as soon as they arrive. When help arrives, they take over the patient’s care, continuing life support with advanced measures like rhythm assessment, possible defibrillation, airway management, and medications. So stopping CPR at that moment ensures seamless transition to professional care and avoids duplicating efforts. You wouldn’t stop merely because you’re tired if another trained rescuer is about to take over; you would transfer to them so the patient keeps receiving appropriate treatment. Other reasons to stop CPR—such as scene safety concerns or the patient showing signs of life and regaining stable circulation, or a valid DNR—are real exceptions to continuing CPR, but the point of this question is that the moment help arrives is when you stop performing manual CPR.

The main idea is that CPR is handed off to responders with higher training as soon as they arrive. When help arrives, they take over the patient’s care, continuing life support with advanced measures like rhythm assessment, possible defibrillation, airway management, and medications. So stopping CPR at that moment ensures seamless transition to professional care and avoids duplicating efforts. You wouldn’t stop merely because you’re tired if another trained rescuer is about to take over; you would transfer to them so the patient keeps receiving appropriate treatment. Other reasons to stop CPR—such as scene safety concerns or the patient showing signs of life and regaining stable circulation, or a valid DNR—are real exceptions to continuing CPR, but the point of this question is that the moment help arrives is when you stop performing manual CPR.