You have been on the scene of a 55-year-old cardiac arrest patient for 30 minutes. You have full ALS care initiated, with no response to therapy. You should:

A) consider termination of the arrest.
B) transport immediately.
C) keep working until you get a change.
D) consider defibrillating at 360 joules.


A

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