The nurse determines clinical death and initiates CPR immediately because resuscitation is possible if cardiopulmonary arrest has existed for no more than:
a. 2 minutes.
b. 3 minutes.
c. 4 minutes.
d. 5 minutes.
C
CPR can reverse clinical death if initiated before 4 minutes.
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