You are assessing a young male patient who was ejected from an automobile at a high rate of speed. He responds to painful stimuli by posturing and displays agonal breathing. His pulse is weak and thready, and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. When addressing this patient's airway and breathing, the EMT must immediately:

A) Administer oxygen at 15 lpm with a nonrebreather face mask
B) Perform the jaw-thrust maneuver and begin artificial ventilations with the bag-valve mask
C) Immobilize the patient on a long spine board, and then start positive pressure ventilation
D) Open the patient's airway using the head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver and begin ventilations with the bag-valve mask attached to supplemental oxygen

B) Perform the jaw-thrust maneuver and begin artificial ventilations with the bag-valve mask

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