Emergency Medical Responders inform you that a 27-year-old male with altered mental status has an open airway and is breathing 9 times every 30 seconds. His pulse rate is 40 beats per minute, and he has bruises to his chest. Based on this information, the EMT should recognize the:

A) respiratory rate as normal.
B) heart as beating adequately.
C) blood pressure as normal.
D) heart rate as irregular.

A

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