A confused and cyanotic patient is breathing 8 times per minute with poor chest rise and fall. Which instruction would you give your partner about the respiratory care of this patient?
A) "Deliver a ventilation with the bag-valve mask only when he breathes."
B) "Ventilate him at 10 times per minute."
C) "Ventilate him with the bag-valve mask in between each of his breaths."
D) "Since he is breathing, let's go ahead and put him on a nonrebreather mask with 15 lpm of oxygen."
B) "Ventilate him at 10 times per minute."
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