A 72-year-old male with an extensive COPD and other lung history is in cardiac arrest. What instruction would you provide to the EMT ventilating the patient with the bag-valve mask?
A) "Have someone monitor for breath sounds in both lungs as we ventilate."
B) "It is best to provide less tidal volume with about 20 ventilations per minute."
C) "Make sure to administer the ventilations over 3 to 5 seconds."
D) "You will have to be quite forceful with ventilation because of his lung disease."
A
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