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Confidence votes 277. Breathing should be checked for 10 seconds, in that time you should be looking and checking for 3 things: 1- The rising of the chest-which would suggest the casualty is breathing. 2- Listening for breathing by the mouth-not to be confused with the alike sound of gasping in which the body sometimes does when someone is unconscious and not breathing.
In a two minute period you should have 5 cycles of compressions, in a minute it would be 2 1/2 cycles. This using the international standard of CPR rate of 30;2 (30 compressions to 2 breaths) Taking into consideration that you have to stop after each set of 30 compressions, to give the victim 2 breaths.t a rate of 30 compressions to 2 breaths you would get approximately 80 compressions in the minute this is because the interruption of breaths. If you chose anything lower then your not getting enough compressions in or breath, any faster your would (the rescuer) become dizzy and faint.