A 3-year-old and his brother were walking along a frozen irrigation ditch. The 3-year-old tried to retrieve a dropped toy and fell through the ice. He is apneic and pulseless with fixed, dilated pupils. No one knows how long he was underwater. ECG shows asystole. You should:
a. start CPR immediately and transport.
b. call for the police and the coroner.
c. attempt to rewarm the patient as rapidly as possible.
d. transport without doing CPR.
a
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