You have been summoned to a grocery store for a 6-year-old girl who has collapsed. On scene, you find the girl lying unresponsive on the floor. You quickly open the patient's airway and determine that she is not breathing. When you try to ventilate her with the bag-valve mask, you are unable to do so. Repositioning the head and reattempting ventilation is not successful in passing air into the lungs. What would your next action be?
A) Perform a blind finger sweep
B) Administer 30 chest compressions
C) Ventilate the patient with greater force
D) Place an oral airway
B) Administer 30 chest compressions
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