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12 years ago
During mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, exhaled air is forced into the victim’s
trachea. Exhaled air contains a higher level of CO2 than atmospheric air. Would
the higher level of CO2 create problems for the victim, or would the exhaled air be
beneficial? Explain.
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12 years ago
I hope this puts you on the right track.

The exhaled air is beneficial to the victim. Considering our victim is not able to breath in atmospheric air on his/her own the amount of oxygen being provided in the exhaled air is greater (17%) than the amount of CO2(4%). The additional build-up of CO2 in the lungs also stimulates breathing which would be beneficial to the patient to begin breathing on his/her own again.
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