Which of these unresponsive patients would the EMT recognize as in cardiac arrest?

A) A female who has an occasional gasp for a breath but no palpable carotid pulse
B) A male with a heart rate of 16 beats/min and agonal respirations
C) A female who is not breathing and has a heart rate of 24 beats/min
D) A male with an absent radial pulse but breathing 20 times per minute


A) A female who has an occasional gasp for a breath but no palpable carotid pulse

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