You are artificially ventilating an adult male patient who is in respiratory arrest with a bag-valve mask. Which finding would demonstrate that you are ventilating this patient properly?

A) Adequate chest rise and fall
B) Ability to fully deflate the self-inflating bag
C) Clear and equal breath sounds
D) Ventilation rate of 20 breaths per minute

A) Adequate chest rise and fall

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