In treating the person outside a medical facility, the nurse knows that immediate circulatory support for the vital organs must begin as quickly as possible because, without oxygen, brain cells begin to die in:
1. 4 minutes.
2. 6 minutes.
3. 14 minutes.
4. 24 minutes.
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Brain cells must have oxygen to live; they are very sensitive to lack of oxygen and begin to die in 4 minutes.
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