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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.
Many CFS symptoms are the same as those from hyperventilation. Buteyko suggests you test yourself with his controlled pause: Sit comfortably in an upright chair, breathe in normally and out holding your nose after the out breath. Count the seconds using a watch until you feel you have to breathe in again. The number of seconds counted gives your control pause. The ideal pause is 60 seconds, but a pause of 40-60 denotes good health. (Editor's note: 60 seconds seems too long!