A 52-year-old male with a brain tumor has gone into respiratory arrest. You assign the task of artificially ventilating the patient with the bag-valve mask to a new Emergency Medical Responder. How will you instruct him to ventilate the patient?
A) Deliver 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds, with each ventilation lasting 1 second.
B) Give the patient 20 breaths per minute, with each breath lasting 1.5 seconds.
C) Administer 10 breaths per minute, with each ventilation lasting 2 seconds.
D) Give the patient 24 breaths per minute, with special attention to allowing for adequate exhalation.
A
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