A 2-year-old male fell into a swimming pool and was submerged for about 2 minutes. The child is unresponsive, cyanotic, apneic, and pulseless. A firefighter who first responded on an engine is performing CPR. You are not able to quickly obtain vascular access, but you are able to place an endotracheal tube. EKG shows a sinus bradycardia with a rate of 32 . You should:
a. start an intraosseous line immediately.
b. administer 0.01 mg/kg epinephrine 1:10,000 down the endotracheal tube.
c. administer 0.1 mg/kg epinephrine 1:1000 down the endotracheal tube.
d. administer 0.02 mg/kg atropine down the endotracheal tube.
c
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