You and a paramedic partner are caring for a patient who overdosed on a drug that has caused her to become apneic. Your EMT student is providing BVM ventilations with supplemental oxygen via an endotracheal tube placed by the paramedic. The patient still has a good pulse and acceptable blood pressure. The pulse oximeter reads 95% and the ETCO2 monitor reads 28 mmHg. Given these findings, the EMT should:
A) Administer a tube of oral glucose since the patient's airway is protected
B) Increase the amount of oxygen being delivered to the BVM reservoir
C) Ask the EMT student ventilating the patient to slow the ventilatory rate
D) Place the patient in semi-Fowler's position to help reduce intracranial pressure
C) Ask the EMT student ventilating the patient to slow the ventilatory rate
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