The nurse finds a patient unresponsive and not breathing. While beginning CPR, the nurse realizes that the best outcome for this patient would be if CPR was started at which time?
a. Within 1 to 2 minutes of asystole
b. Within 3 to 5 minutes of collapse
c. Within 1 to 2 minutes of patient discovery
d. Within 8 to 10 minutes of patient symptoms
ANS: B
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