While using the AED to treat a patient in cardiac arrest, your partner informs you that he can feel a carotid pulse. What should you do immediately?

A) Obtain a heart rate and blood pressure
B) Reanalyze the patient's heart rhythm
C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and begin positive pressure ventilation
D) Assess the patient's airway and breathing adequacy


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