Your primary assessment of an unresponsive 5-year-old, 40-pound child reveals that he is apneic and pulseless. CPR is initiated and the cardiac monitor is applied, which reveals ventricular fibrillation. You should:
A) continue high-quality CPR and reassess in 2 minutes.
B) defibrillate with 40 joules and immediately resume CPR.
C) start an IV and administer 0.2 mg of epinephrine 1:10,000.
D) charge the defibrillator to 80 joules while CPR is ongoing.
Answer: B) defibrillate with 40 joules and immediately resume CPR.
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