Question # 48

A patient is breathing at 6 breaths per minute with shallow effort. What should you do first?

Options:

A.

Apply nasal cannula at 4 L/min

B.

Provide assisted ventilations with BVM at 10–12/min

C.

Give oxygen via nonrebreather at 15 L/min

D.

Wait and reassess in 5 minutes

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