A 6-year-old boy has gotten into his mother's prescribed medications and ingested a large number of her opioid tablets. The patient is now found unresponsive and apneic, but he still has a weak palpable carotid pulse. You would instruct your partner to ventilate this patient in which manner?

A) 6 times a minute
B) 10 times a minute
C) One ventilation every 2 seconds
D) One ventilation every 6 seconds


B) 10 times a minute

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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