What is the third step in the CPR process for a dog?

What is the third step in the CPR process for a dog?

• A. Evaluate
• B. Check For breathing and Pulse
• C. Give breath to animal if not breathing
• D. If dog has no pulse begin compressions

Answer: (D)

In dog CPR, what matters is whether the heart is beating. After you assess the dog, the important decision point is the presence of a pulse. If there is no pulse, the priority is chest compressions to manually pump blood to vital organs. Breaths are important for oxygenation, but without a pulse, circulation must be restored first, so compressions come before any breathing steps. If there is a pulse but the dog isn’t breathing, you would deliver rescue breaths to re-oxygenate the blood that’s already circulating. The earlier steps involve evaluating the scene and checking for breathing and pulse, and the breathing-only approach is used only when a pulse is present.

In dog CPR, what matters is whether the heart is beating. After you assess the dog, the important decision point is the presence of a pulse. If there is no pulse, the priority is chest compressions to manually pump blood to vital organs. Breaths are important for oxygenation, but without a pulse, circulation must be restored first, so compressions come before any breathing steps. If there is a pulse but the dog isn’t breathing, you would deliver rescue breaths to re-oxygenate the blood that’s already circulating. The earlier steps involve evaluating the scene and checking for breathing and pulse, and the breathing-only approach is used only when a pulse is present.