Poor lung compliance during your initial attempt to ventilate an unconscious, apneic adult should be treated by:

A) sweeping the patient's mouth with your fingers.
B) reopening the airway and reattempting to ventilate.
C) performing 30 chest compressions and reassessing.
D) administering 15 subdiaphragmatic thrusts at once.


Answer: B) reopening the airway and reattempting to ventilate.

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