Basic Life Support for Children and Infants Practice Test

The goal of rescue breaths during CPR is to inflate the lungs and provide oxygen. When a person is unresponsive and not breathing, their body is deprived of oxygen, which is vital for cell function and overall survival. By delivering rescue breaths, you introduce oxygen directly into the lungs, allowing it to enter the bloodstream and be circulated to the vital organs. This helps prevent brain damage and maintains vital organ function until further medical assistance can take over.

While other actions may have their own purposes in a medical context, they do not accurately describe the specific goal of rescue breaths. For instance, increasing heart rate is not directly achieved through rescue breaths alone, and stimulating consciousness or inducing coughing are not functions that rescue breaths are designed to address in a CPR scenario. The primary focus is to restore oxygen levels in the bloodstream, making the provision of oxygen through inflation of the lungs the essential component of rescue breaths.