The nurse, seeing a client stop breathing, realizes that there is how much time before the onset of permanent damage?
1. 3 minutes.
2. 2 minutes.
3. 4–6 minutes.
4. 20–40 minutes.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Extensive damage occurs after 4–6 minutes.
Rationale 2: Extensive damage occurs after 4–6 minutes.
Rationale 3: After 4–6 minutes, the lack of oxygen supply to the brain causes permanent and extensive damage.
Rationale 4: The person is clinically dead 20–40 minutes after the heart stops beating.
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