In patients that are unresponsive and not breathing, or breathing with irregular gasping breaths, assessment sequence should be rearranged to:

A. airway, breathing, and circulation.
B. airway, circulation, and breathing.
C. breathing, airway, and circulation.
D. circulation, airway, and breathing.


D

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