Decide whether the topic listed for the paragraph is too broad, too narrow, or the correct topic for the paragraph. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Question

Emergency medical services in many cities have begun advising 911 callers to give a person who
has collapsed chest compressions but not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.1 In emergencies, lives
are generally saved or lost in the first six minutes, so trying to explain mouth-to-mouth
procedures to callers was wasting precious time and doing more harm than good. In addition, new
research suggests that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is not effective in the first few minutes after
a collapse. Therefore, emergency medical dispatchers are explaining to untrained callers only
how to perform chest compressions to mimic2 a steady heartbeat until paramedics can arrive.
Adapted from Robert Davis, “Simpler Method for CPR Adopted,” USA Today, February 24, 2004, 1A.
Main Idea:
a. Many emergency medical services dispatchers are no longer explaining to callers
how to give a victim mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
b. Emergency medical services are advising people not to try to save someone who
has collapsed.
c. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is very difficult to perform properly.
d. Research has shown that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation does more harm than
good.

Answer 1

a. Many emergency medical services dispatchers are no longer explaining to callers