SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You respond to a multiple-casualty incident in which a school bus has gone off the bridge over a highway into the traffic below. You are assigned to triage the children from the bus.One of your triage patients is an 8-year-old girl. She is not breathing, so you open her airway. She is still not breathing, but she does have a pulse. You should:
A. categorize the patient as deceased and move on to the next patient.
B. have her jump up and down ("jump start") to get her breath moving.
C. send her to the minor injury staging area.
D. ventilate five times using an appropriate barrier.
Answer: D
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