After you apply the AED to a cardiac arrest patient, it delivered a shock. Immediately after the shock, the EMT should do which one of the following?

A) Check the patient for a pulse and reanalyze the rhythm if no pulse is present.
B) Provide 2 minutes of CPR, and then check the patient for a pulse.
C) Check the patient for a pulse and start CPR if no pulse can be located.
D) Provide five cycles of single-rescuer CPR with a ratio of 15 compressions to two ventilations.


B

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