You are called to a grocery store where a clerk has found an unresponsive female in one of the aisles. There were no witnesses to the event. You should immediately:
A. assess the rate and regularity of the patient's respiratory effort.
B. assist ventilations with a bag-mask device attached to 100% oxygen.
C. open her airway with a head-tilt chin lift maneuver and apply oxygen.
D. stabilize her head and open her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver.
Ans: D. stabilize her head and open her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver.
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